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Byzantium
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noun
an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital
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noun
(= Byzantine Empire)
a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
after
Preposition
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Later in time.
He came home after Jane did.
The doctor came after the patient had died.