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 | | However Christian faith was an essential fact in the oriental Roman provinces, and from 324, emperor Constantine the Great openly embraced Christianity which became state religion, and Byzantium was chosen as second capital of the Roman Empire under the name of Constantinople en 330. |
 | | In 1071, Alp Arslan defeated the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes at the Battle of Manzikert (Malazgirt) north of Van. |
 | | Emperor Constantine XI Dragases appealed in vain to the West for help, for the pope, in return, insisted on the union of the Greeks to the Roman Catholic Church. |
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