/ · 1894 Brewer’s · L · Lower Empire
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The Roman or Western, from removal of the seat of empire to Constantinople to the extinction of that empire by the Turks in 1453.
· ·
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.