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Sorry, bit of a nitpick. To the Eastern Roman Empire, "Byzantion" only applied as a name for the city scholars liked to throw around to show their knowledge of the Classical Era. Thus, to call the Empire "Byzantine" wasn't even thought of until Weste
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
It is unclear exactly when the New Byzantine Calender was in use - whether it was just a different version of writing dates (so, the [[61st century]]) or an entirely new dating system. A [[New Roman Empire]] was mentioned to exist in the year [[12005]] in ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', but other than the name (the Byzantine Empire was the name given to the Eastern Roman Empire in the real world) there is little to connect them. Another possible origin might be the city of [[New Byzantium]] mentioned in ''[[Shadowmind]]''. This could suggest there was a "New Byzantine Empire", that had succeeded the New Roman Empire. | It is unclear exactly when the New Byzantine Calender was in use - whether it was just a different version of writing dates (so, the [[61st century]]) or an entirely new dating system. A [[New Roman Empire]] was mentioned to exist in the year [[12005]] in ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', but other than the name (the Byzantine Empire was the name given to the Eastern Roman Empire in the real world by Western historians and was itself a successor state to the Empire headed in Rome) there is little to connect them. Another possible origin might be the city of [[New Byzantium]] mentioned in ''[[Shadowmind]]''. This could suggest there was a "New Byzantine Empire", that had succeeded the New Roman Empire. | ||
[[Category:Dating systems]] | [[Category:Dating systems]] | ||
