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r/byzantium is a subreddit with 42k 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?"
7 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I know Greece has lost its film industry capabilities, but can't Greece try a little harder?The Byzantine Empire and Emperor Alexios I make appearances in .........Turkish tourism ads. Some of the tourist attractions featured in the ads actually belong to the heritage of Greece,which is truly sad."
2 posts
#3
Ideas
: "How would Eastern Rome have faired if Justinian only expanded its borders to this? Never attempting to take Illyria, Italy, or Spain."
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/byzantium
#1
Byzantine
: "Drawing of the fallen Constantine XI with the first Roman emperor Augustus and first Byzantine emperor Constantine I"
104 posts
#2
Byzantium
: "Could Byzantium survive with these borders?"
53 posts
#3
Constantinople
: "572 years ago today, on 29 May 1453, Constantinople — New Rome and Queen of Cities, the heart and cradle of Orthodox Christendom for over 1000 years — fell into the hands of the Ottomans"
35 posts
#4
Roman
: "The Eastern Roman Empire in 1025"
31 posts
#5
Byzantine Empire
: "Could the Byzantine Empire have survived if nothing bad had ever happened?"
27 posts
#6
Survive
: "Could Byzantium Survive with these borders?"
24 posts
#7
Emperor
: "Genuine question: Why didnt the byzantines accept Charlemagne beong crowned as Holy Roman Emperor? Wouldnt be better if they recognized him as "Emperor of the West" like they did with Theodoric the Great before? While the byzantines would still be Emperors of the East"
20 posts
#8
Empire
: "The Eastern Roman Empire in 1118AD"
15 posts
#9
History
: "After reading 10 books on byzantine Historyhere is my tier list"
12 posts
#10
Borders
: "Could Byzantium survive with these Borders?"
12 posts
Member Growth in r/byzantium
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+18k members(78.1%)
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