While it is said that the golden age of Byzantium occurred during his reign Justinian's rule certainly did not start off as golden. After his death, the empire was split in two, the western half collapsing within a century but the eastern half living on and thriving, becoming what we call Byzantium. The writer Sozomen, who lived in the fifth century A.D., claimed that Constantine’s choice of location for his new city was inspired by God.Ĭonstantine's death led to a series of short-lived successors.
“The most significant of these changes were the emergence of Christianity as the favored (and then the official) religion of the state and the creation of Constantinople as the new urban center of the empire on the shores of the Bosphorus, midway between all the empire’s frontiers,” he writes.Ĭonstantinople was built on the site of Byzantium, an urban center that had a long history of prior occupation. Subscribe today Game Pass for PC Strategy RPG FPS Co-op Subscribe todayĪge of Empires IV will release on PC via Steam, the Microsoft Store, as well as Game Pass for PC on October 28, 2021.Gregory notes that Constantine brought in a number of important changes that laid the foundations for the Byzantine Empire. Since Age of Empires IV is still a few months away, Microsoft is understandably not talking about concrete DLC plans at the moment, although it indicated a desire to explore regions after launch when the company responded to concerns over India’s representation in the game.Īge of Empires III’s upcoming African Royals expansion will explore the African continent in depth, and in the past specific regions have been brought to life via add-ons such as Age of Empires II’s Rise of the Rajas (South East Asia) and the upcoming Dawn of the Dukes (Eastern Europe). The next highest is the Republic of Venice with 35%.
Another poll – which is not strictly speaking asking about DLC but is asking what European nation should be added to the game next – also reveals the Byzantine Empire as a popular choice with 70% of the vote. In last place is North Asia with 4% of the vote, beaten (barely) by South Africa with 7%. Northern and Eastern Europe bring up third and fourth place, with East Asia being the final option to get over 20% share of the vote.
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