counterposed to 'foreigner', 'barbarian', 'infidel'. The citizens of the Empire, now predominantly of Greek ethnicity and language, were often called simply
" In Daily Life in the ByzantineEmpire. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. pp. 7 Paul Stephenson. "Translations from Byzantine Sources: The Imperial Centuries
the capital of the ByzantineEmpire became the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The Osmanli Turks called their empire the Empire of Rum (Rome).) Prudentius