Was the Byzantine empire considered the new Rome?

Question

If so, can someone explain?

Answer 1

The official name of the "Byzantine" Empire was Rome. They were Romans more than 1000 years after the (Western) Rome fall.

Answer 2

You can't say that. Rome was considered to be capital of the Western Roman Empire. When Rome fell to the Goths, only Eastern Roman Empire remained and that was renamed Byzantine Empire so but right you should name Constantinople as the New Rome.

Answer 3

The Roman Empire had become far too unwieldy long before the sack of Rome and for administrative ease, and for political reasons, was divided into the Eastern and Western Empires during the 4th century BC. Both were seen as co-equal. The fall of Rome only destroyed the western Empire, but the eastern, ruled from Byzantium continued and saw itself as as continuing the tradition. It ruled large areas of the eastern world, although its reach and sphere of influence slowly contracted aver the 1000 years it outlived Rome. Certainly in the early years after the fall it saw itself as the successor. One of the Emperors issued an edict in the early 6th century forbidding further destruction of what was left of Rome. The regalia of the last Emperor, Romulus Augustus, was sent to Byzantium. Like much of the eastern Mediterranean, even at the heyday of the Empire, however, its culture was much more Greek than Roman, and the language spoken was Greek rather than Latin. The real break came when the Orthodox churches, based in Byzantium seperated from the Roman Catholic Church based in Rome.

Answer 4

The Byzantine Empire developed because of the political inner fighting amongst the Romans. It started as an Eastern capital so that the Roman Empire could govern itself more efficiently but eventually it split from Rome. And you have now two Christianities that stem from them. Catholicism from Rome and Orthodoxy from Kostantinople (Byzantium).