Most obvious of these is the Greek Orthodox Church,Ĭentered in theory in Istanbul to this day, and so it is not Outside the Byzantine Empire that still remained centered onĬonstantinople. Itself and, more generally, with institutions and cultural ideas Rule become identified not just with the dynasty but with the Empire The double-headed eagle had in the two centuries of Palaiologos Michael's descendants stayed on theīyzantine throne until the city and the Empire fell to the Ottomans The fact that virtually all of the Asian possessions were gobbled up The dynasty's interests in both Asia and Europe, and was kept despite

Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos recapturedĬonstantinople from the Crusaders in 1261,įrom a state based in Asia Minor the double-headed eagle symbolized Last Greek-speaking 'Roman' dynasty to rule fromĬonstantinople. The double-headed eagle was the symbol of the Palaiologos, the The Byzantine Imperial flag is yellow with a black crowned double-headed eagle. Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and Autonomous Church of Greeceīyzantine Imperial flag - Image by António Martins, 27 January 1999.Reconstituted and replica Byzantine flags.Other Byzantine flags shown in the 'Book of All Kingdoms' (XIVth century).Flag of the Byzantine Empire shown in the 'Book of All Kingdoms' (XIVth century).Keywords: byzantine empire | eagle: double-headed (black) | firesteel | cross (red) | cross (yellow) | letters: b (four) | palaiologos | komnenos | book of all kingdoms | This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Byzantine Empire

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