How to Use Byzantine in a Sentence
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At the Parthenon, a Byzantine tower and mosque from the Ottoman era were knocked down.
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Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2024-03-27
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Intricate mosaics, made of tiles each the size of a thumbnail, cover the walls and domed ceiling of the Byzantine-style church.
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Sophie Carson,
Journal Sentinel,
2023-01-29
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The coins dated back to the Greek and Byzantine period, nearly 2,000 years ago.
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Caitie Kelly Kin Woo Kate Guadagnino Nicole Demarco Megan O’Sullivan,
New York Times,
2024-01-25
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This early Byzantine monastery has a history of miracles and legends tied to it, thanks to a spring that is believed to have magical powers.
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Meagan Drillinger,
Travel + Leisure,
2023-09-28
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Exactly how and when the Byzantine and French silver were transformed into English coins is unclear.
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Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
2024-04-08
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There was a time when there were no Byzantine ticket structures where some fares included seat selection, and others barred you from choosing your location on the plan in advance, or at least from doing so for free.
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Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
2024-02-14
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The bombing has damaged Byzantine churches and ancient mosques, factories and apartment buildings, shopping malls and luxury hotels, theaters and schools.
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Jared Malsin and Saeed Shah,
WSJ,
2023-12-30
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On some of the stones found in the ruins, Arabic inscriptions, Byzantine iconography and Maltese crosses were found carved into the rock, according to the study.
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Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
2024-04-01
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Now, with cases surging among California’s poorest patients, the state is struggling to reform its Byzantine system for allocating care.
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
2023-08-11
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In the Negev, where archaeologists studying a sixth-century Byzantine church noticed a curly-haired long-nosed beardless Jesus, scientists taught goldfish to drive their tanks on land.
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Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
2022-04-21
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But its notoriously Byzantine regulations and misleading guidance from some loan-servicing companies meant that few public servants managed to get debt relief.
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Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
2024-03-21
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This inevitably entailed setting up new organizations to operate within the Byzantine legal structure of the nonprofit advocacy world.
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The Editors,
National Review,
2023-09-19
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Perry recently picked up a few accessories, including handmade Byzantine jewelry from an atelier in Istanbul and silver Moroccan tea trays like the ones seen here.
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Hannah Chubb,
Peoplemag,
2023-06-20
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The walls of the historical church feature intricate mosaics and the Pala d'Oro, a Byzantine altar is made from garnets, amethysts, sapphires, emeralds and hundreds of other precious gemstones.
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Gabriele Regalbuto,
Fox News,
2024-03-06
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Nearby, under a popular vegan restaurant, a three-aisled Byzantine church is buried, with a gray marble floor dating to the tenth century A.D.
Museums are usually discrete sites within a city.
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Nick Romeo,
The New Yorker,
2023-08-22
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But about 500 years later, the Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria put together a compendium that would survive the collapse of the Byzantine empire.
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Quanta Magazine,
2023-08-10
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Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2025
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One of Anguissola’s ancestors, according to family tradition, was the Byzantine warlord Galvano Sourdi.
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Washington Post,
2023-01-18
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The multi-layered approach seemingly reflects exactly the Byzantine structure the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and SEC hope to eliminate.
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Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Archaeologists have excavated Hippos continuously since the year 2000, finding a treasure trove that includes a Roman basilica, theater and bathhouse, Roman-era gates and gold jewelry a key vantage point for trade, agriculture and defense during the Byzantine period.
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Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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In the east, the chart shows the remnants of the Crusader strongholds and the final throes of the Byzantine Empire.
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Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
2023-10-25
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Having survived the destruction of icons that took place in the Byzantine Empire during the eighth and ninth centuries, the icons on view are extremely rare.
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Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2023-06-26
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This confirms, for the first time, that the bacterium was present in the Byzantine Empire between AD 550 and 660.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Aug. 2025
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Multiple layers of architectural history can be seen throughout the cathedral as it has been transformed a number of times by Byzantine, Arabic, and Norman settlers.
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Michele Becker,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Aug. 2025
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This remarkably romantic walled town is a stony museum of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Venetian history dating back to the 13th century.
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Rick Steves,
Chicago Tribune,
2024-01-30
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In those 29 coins, the researchers found a clear chemical and isotopic signature that matched third to early seventh century silver from the Byzantine Empire in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
2024-04-08
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Such hospitals were often attached to churches, added her fellow University of Birmingham Byzantine scholar Daniel Reynolds.
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Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Other activities in Kotor include hiking up the Byzantine-era city walls for a view of the town and exploring more of Kotor Bay on a boat and swimming tour, like the natural Blue Cave.
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Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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