Byzantine Greeks

Byzantine Greeks
Ῥωμαῖοι / Γραικοί / Χριστιανοί

Medieval Greek marriage and family life.
Regions with significant populations
Byzantine Empire (especially Asia Minor, Balkans)
Languages
Medieval Greek
Religion
Orthodox Christianity

The Byzantine Greeks (or Byzantines) were the Greek people of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.^[1] They lived in the lands of the Byzantine Empire, then called the Eastern Roman Empire, like Greece, Asia Minor and Cyprus. They spoke medieval Greek, preserved Greek culture, obeyed Roman law and followed Eastern Christianity. Their society had peasants, traders, teachers, soldiers and priests.

1. ↑ Ahrweiler 1976, pp. 19–60, 78 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFAhrweiler1976 (help); Clover & Humphreys 1989, p. 10ff; Linnér 1994, p. 219ff; Lemerle 1971, pp. 52–71, 279–285; Baynes & Moss 1948, p. 23ff.