Byzantine Empire (Ages in Chaos Map Game)

The Byzantine Empire (Greek: Βασιλεία Βυζαντινή), officially known as the Roman Empire (Greek: Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων), is a major Eastern European nation that controls Anatolia and Greece, as well as parts of Italy and the Balkans. At its apex under Emperor Justinian, the nation formerly spanned from southern Spain across north Africa to Egypt, east to Syria, and included all of Italy and the Balkans.

The current Emperor is Nikephoros II Phokas, a successful general who married into the ruling Macedonian Dynasty. He has reigned since 963.

Among the notable neighbors are the Hamdanid Emirate of Mosul to the southeast and the Bulgarian Empire to the northwest.