Constantinipolis Rīce

Þæt cynerið in 555 rīcgend be Justinian I, his mæst æththegn since þǣm gefylledan Wæst-Romanisc Cynerīce, mid æthelings in hende

Þæt Constantinipolis Rīce, eac genēamd to þǣm East-Rōmānic Rīce, wæs þēah forðfōr of Rōmānic Rīce geāwrǣd on Constantinipolis þǣr lǣtan ealdorþēod and middan æld. Þæt eastan dǣl þæs Rīces ūtgēan forðgenæmde þā cynnend þā hwæt forfǽlde þæs West on þǣm 5. gefēran æfter Crist, and forðfēon hæfde oþ þæt forfǽld Constantinople to þæs Ottoman Rīces on 1453. Durh mǽste of his wæs, se fæstene wæs se mæsta mihtig weoruldhād, cynerǽden, and mægenhæft in þǽm Middelan hæfen. Se term 'Byzantīnesce Fæst' wæs āna gēāfene æfter se fæstnes forðgan; his ceorles sealdon þæt wealdend as Romanisc Fæst and to him selfum as 'Romanas'. Forðan þǽm folde gesewenesse of cyningstæle of Rōme to Byzantium, se foron of staðá Christendom, and se mægen of Griēc forþon of Láden, nīwe wīsan ealdres stǽttere gesīene Beorhtes hȳdan se tōgædere be hyra forðgǽn Rōmanisc Fæst and þǽm lǽtrum Byzantine Fæst.