Others date from the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires.

其他船只的年代包括罗马、庭，以及土耳其。

In fact, it wasn't until the Renaissance that the term “Byzantine Empire” was first used.

事实上，在文艺复兴时“庭”的叫法才第一次出现。

But, of course, the Byzantine Empire didn't just rest on the laurels of Ancient Rome.

但当，庭没有在罗马的桂冠下止步不前。

The Empire was also home to great intellectuals such as Anna Komnene.

庭同样是许多智者的家乡，如安娜·科穆宁那。

Rome collapsed, but the Aksumite Empire or the Teotihuacans and of course the Byzantine Empire, carried on.

罗马虽崩溃了但阿克苏姆，特奥蒂瓦坎文明，以及庭延续了下来。

The Byzantine State was replaced in spirit, if not in physical form, by the rising Russian Empire.

庭在精神上，如果不是形式上，被新兴的俄罗斯替代。

By 600AD the Western Roman Empire was gone leaving behind the eastern Empire also known as the Byzantine Empire.

600年时，西罗马解体，剩下了东罗马就是庭。

This medieval Roman Empire, which we usually refer to today as the Byzantine Empire, began in 330 CE.

中世纪的罗马，在今日又称为庭，于公元 300 年建立。

It has served as the capital city for three great historical empires — the Romans, the Byzantines and the Ottomans.

它曾是历史上三个伟大的首都——罗马、庭和奥斯曼。

So that by 450, the Gupta Empire-along with Iran and the Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium-was one of the world's three superpowers.

公元450年，王朝成为该地区的超级势力，与伊朗及东罗马（庭）比肩。

The Byzantine Empire started in the 4th century and lasted until the 15th century.

庭始于4世纪，一直持续到15世纪。

People still look to that emperor in the East in the Byzantine Empire.

人们仍仰望着东边庭的皇。

Also, the fourth crusade pretty much doomed the Byzantine Empire, which never really recovered.

此外，第四次十字军东征几乎注定了庭从未真正恢复过来。

The plague tore across the Byzantine Empire,   reaching Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

瘟疫横扫庭，波及欧洲、非洲和中东。

But what exactly was the Byzantine Empire?

但庭究竟是什么？

The Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire, formed in 330 CE, falls to the Ottoman Turks.

公元1453年，始建于公元330年的东罗马，亦称庭，被奥斯曼土耳其人所征服。

For about a century and a half, Venice was part of the Byzantine empire.

大约一个半世纪以来，威尼斯一直是庭的一部分。

It has a massive impact, not just on Byzantium, but on Latin Christendom.

它不仅对庭，而且对整个拉丁基督教世界都产生了巨大的影响。

Byzantium to the Eastern Roman Empire, as it's sometimes called, hires mercenaries from England.

庭，有时被称为东罗马，雇佣了来自英格兰的雇佣兵。

Someone asked why Venice was good at trade and Byzantium was not.

有人问为什么威尼斯擅长贸易而庭却不擅长。