ENTRY TYPE
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SUMMARY
The Armenians, both as an ethnic group and as individuals, played an important role in the history of the multiethnic Byzantine Empire, as well as in the political and cultural life of Constantinople. Their presence in the Empire was prompted by political events unfolding in Armenia that throughout its long history was subjected to territorial expansions of its powerful neighbors — Byzantine and Persian Empires. The Middle Byzantine centuries were heavily dominated by emperors, nobles, and military leaders of Armenian descent. |
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