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r/byzantium is a subreddit with 44k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is large in size, and has high activity.
This sub is for discussion about the Roman empire in the east, often called the Byzantine Empire from the period of c. 330 - 1500 AD.
Popular Themes in r/byzantium
#1
Advice Requests
: "What life was like in Constantinople in its final decades before it fell to the Ottomans?"
5 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "With great regret,the end has come and the world weeps for the queen of cities has falle"
2 posts
#3
Ideas
: "I am building a constantinople like city in minecraft"
1 post
#4
News
: "Excerpt from Constantine IA' Palaiologos final speech at the Hagia Sophia (1453)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/byzantium
#1
Byzantine
: "I've almost finish my Byzantine kit"
81 posts
#2
Byzantine Empire
: "The Byzantine Empire in 560 AD when it had reached its greatest territorial extent under the reign of Justinian, with an estimated population of around 20 million people."
40 posts
#3
Empire
: "Although I know the Byzantine Empire won many battles and survived for over a thousand years, for some reason, the Empire still gives me a sense of weakness."
40 posts
#4
Constantinople
: "Constantinople made in Age of Empires 2"
26 posts
#5
Roman
: "The Eastern Roman Empire in 1025"
18 posts
#6
Emperor
: "If I had to pick a Medieval version of Emperor Aurelian, Alexios Komnenos would be my pick"
15 posts
#7
Byzantium
: "Could Byzantium survive with these borders?"
11 posts
#8
Constantine
: "What’s your opinions about Constantine the Great?"
10 posts
#9
History
: "The Black Kings of Europe"
10 posts
#10
Emperors
: "Why was the East Roman Empire more prone to large Christian schisms than the WRE?"
8 posts
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