Were the Byzantines a continuation of Hellenistic civilization?

Answer 1

The Byzantines called themselves "Romans", because they were continuing the Roman Empire based in the city Byzantium later called Constantinople. Thus modern historians use the term Byzantine.

So yes, it's a continuation of the Greek-speaking Hellenistic civilization.

Answer 2

No. The Byzantines were a continuation of the Roman civilization. Byzantium was founded by Romans as the eastern portion of the empire. When the west fell the east grew and prospered. Byzantium was a cosmopolitan civilization populated by people from all over the known world. Just as we speak English and are not part of England, the Byzantines spoke Greek but were no actually Greek.

Answer 3

" It must be remembered that the Byzantines even though nearly everyone spoke Greek, still called themselves Romans as long as the empire lasted. At the core of the Byzantine Empire were the Greek people, who were a majority in Constantinople, in the southern Balkans, on the Aegean Islands, and on the island of Cyprus. They were very proud of their language, which all educated people in the eastern Mediterranean read and spoke."
From this one volume of Barron's 'World History The Easy Way' (1997) it is safe to say they were a continuation of Hellenistic civilization.

Answer 4

Hello dear!
Well, Byzantine was a term "invented" less than 3 centuries ago.
Thus while the Roman Empire Byzantine Empire was not known!
The term is used to denote the influence of the Greeks on the Roman rulers, who, after all were imposed by the Greek letters, etc. Of course, they were not totally influenced. That is why they were more brutal and less logic and humane than Greeks!

Answer 5

In a way yes, Since the Romans copied the Greeks. And Byzantines were formed from the dying Roman Empire.

Answer 6

ask Helen, she lives north of Detroit where there are no Flint Style Coney Islands. Live long and prosper.