Byzantine Greeks
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- Ethnic group.group
- Rhomaioi
- Ethnic group.native_name
- ()
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Byzantine agriculture.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Scenes of agricultural life in a Byzantine Gospel of the 11th century.
- Ethnic group.regions
- Byzantine Empire (esp. Asia Minor, Balkans)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Medieval Greek
- Ethnic group.religions
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Ottoman Greeks, Greeks
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- Terminology
- History
- Culture
- Language
- Religion
- Identity
- Self-perception
- Official discourse
- Regional identity
- Revival of Hellenism
- Western perception
- Eastern perception
- Post-Byzantine history
- References
- Citations
- Sources
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Rhomaioi (or Romaioi; ) were the Greek-speaking inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire, primarily in Southern Europe and Western Asia. Although modern scholarship commonly refers to these populations as Byzantines, Eastern Romans, or Byzantine Greeks, starting from Late Antiquity they consistently understood their identity as Roman, rooted in imperial continuity, the Christian faith, and the Greek language and culture. Over time, Rhōmaios became closely associated with the Eastern Orthodox Church as well as Greek speech, and the identity continued in use among Greek Orthodox communities after the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
==Terminology==