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The result was a truly Greek and Roman Culture shared equally if in different ways by both halves of the Roman Empire.
因此東西羅馬帝國也就以各自不同的方式共享了希臘羅馬文化這一說法。
Thus it makes sense that the decline and fall of the Western Empire.
因此西羅馬帝國的衰落和覆滅也就可以說得通了。
Whatever date one cares to assign to it didn't affect the Eastern or Byzantine Empire self-image
不論何時，東羅馬帝國或者說拜占庭帝國的形象
as the legally constituted Roman Empire.
都是依法建立的羅馬帝國。
Roman law and political institutions remained in force in Latin for a while at least remained the language of government.
拉丁文記載的羅馬法律和政治制度在一段時間內依然有效并且拉丁文仍是官方語言。
We best know the people of the Eastern Roman Empire as the Byzantines so that is what I will call them.
我們都知道東羅馬帝國人就是拜占庭人，所以我才會這么叫他們。
Remember though that they never considered themselves as anything less than completely Roman.
但要記住他們自己從不認為自己和純正的羅馬人有半點不同。
In the everyday Greek of the Byzantine Empire the inhabitants called themselves the Romaioi.
拜占庭帝國的居民把自己稱作Romaioi。
And ancient Greek word meaning Romans.
在希臘語中這個詞的意思就是羅馬人。
Constantine picked his preferred place to found his new Rome.
君士坦丁堡選擇了自己心儀的地方來建立新羅馬。
Dedicated in 330 AD and better known as Constantine city
公元330年君士坦丁城
or Constantinople the former Byzantine occupied an easily fortified Peninsula overlooking the Hellespont which divided Europe and Asia.
或者說前君士坦丁堡占領了一個建有簡易防御工事的半島俯瞰劃分歐亞的赫勒斯龐特(達達尼爾海峽的古希臘名)
Because Constantinople was closer to Rome than Rome was to the Empire's dangerous frontiers
由于羅馬距離君士坦丁堡的距離要比距離危險的邊疆近，
it made an excellent military base.
所以君士坦丁堡就形成了絕佳的軍事基地。
