Byzantium是什么意思？

Byzantium

英[biˈzæntiəm] 美[bɪˈzænʃiəm, -tiəm]

• n. 拜占庭；

例句

• Scholars were drawn to Byzantium civilisation by its art at the very beginning. 学者们最开始是被拜占庭的艺术吸引的.
• The reasons that Rose introduced Christianity Byzantium as the state religion mainly have three respects. 罗斯统治阶级引进拜占廷基督教为国教,是基于多方面考虑的结果.
• Arguably, the greatest threat to Byzantium lies in its independence from Rome. 可以说, 拜占庭最大的威胁来自于和罗马教廷的分裂.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. 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
  2. a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395