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

事实上，在文艺复兴时期“拜占庭帝国”的叫法才第一次出。

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

然仰望着东边拜占庭帝国的皇帝。

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

大约一个半世纪以来，威尼斯一直是拜占庭帝国的一部分。

Istanbul, once the capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, features prominently in most travel plans but there are many more great destinations.

伊斯坦布尔曾是拜占庭和奥斯曼帝国的首都，在大多数旅游计划中都占有重要地位，但还有更多非常棒的目的地。

Sharing continuity with the classical Roman Empire gave the Byzantine empire a technological and artistic advantage over its neighbors, whom Byzantines considered barbarians.

和史悠久的罗马帝国共存的拜占庭帝国比它的邻国多几分科技和艺术的优势，拜占庭将邻国看作野蛮。

The last half of the 15th century saw the fall of the Byzantine Empire, or if you prefer; the eastern Roman Empire.

15世纪的下半叶见证拜占庭帝国的瓦解，或者，如果大家愿意的话东罗马帝国的瓦解。

Well, they discovered the remnants of the Crusader strongholds and the final bastions of the Byzantine Empire.

他十字军要塞的遗迹和拜占庭帝国最后的堡垒。

The whole dominance of know, central church of Christianity, the imperial Christianity of Byzantium has now disappeared.

基督教的中心教会，拜占庭的帝国基督教，如今已经消失。

In the north, Antioch is in constant conflict with the Byzantine Empire, which wants to take the city back.

在北方， 安条克与拜占庭帝国处于持续的冲突中，拜占庭帝国想要夺回这座城市。

Listener RM asks whether decreasing loyalty to a Constantinople-centered Byzantine Empire was a primary factor in its decline.

听众RM询问，对以君士坦丁堡为中心的拜占庭帝国的忠诚度下降，是否是其衰落的主要因素。

This was once the main seat of Constantinople And was the most remarkable architectural achievement Of the Byzantine empire.

这里曾经是君士坦丁堡的主要所在地，也是拜占庭帝国最卓越的建筑成就。

And they're not going to give you equipment the way the Byzantines perhaps will do for their troops.

他不会像拜占庭帝国为自己的部队那样给你装备。

In the East, the chart shows the remnants of the Crusader strongholds and the final bastions of the Byzantine Empire.

在东方，航海图显示十字军要塞的遗迹和拜占庭帝国最后的堡垒。

From information an archaeologist would provide or something the Byzantines would write, right?

这些信息要么来自考古学家提供的资料，要么就是拜占庭帝国所记载的内容，对吧？

The peasants provided the Byzantine state with less and less revenue which made it hard for the Byzantines to maintain a viable army and navy.

他为拜占庭帝国提供的税收就越来越少这使得拜占庭很难维持有效的军队和海军。

The people in what we call the Byzantine Empire called themselves Roman.

我称之为拜占庭帝国的那些自称为罗马。

Once serving as the capital of the Ottoman and Byzantine Empires, Istanbul today is the largest city in Turkey and one of the largest in the world.

伊斯坦布尔曾经是奥斯曼帝国和拜占庭帝国的首都，如今是土耳其最大的城市，亦是世界上最大的城市之一。

Constantine the Great became the Roman emperor in 324 AD, and six years later, proclaimed Byzantium the official capital of the empire.

君士坦丁大帝于公元 324 年成为罗马皇帝，六年后宣布拜占庭为帝国的正式首都。

Additionally, lords and nobles saw  their power fall after the Crusades, as Europeans came to know more advanced  civilizations like the Byzantine Empire.

此外，随着欧洲开始解拜占庭帝国等更先进的文明，领主和贵族的权力在十字军东征后下降。

A turning point  in history occurred in 1453 when the Ottoman Empire set its sights on Constantinople, the  capital of the Byzantine Empire.

史上的一个转折点生在1453年，当时奥斯曼帝国将目光投向拜占庭帝国的首都君士坦丁堡。