The Byzantine state also made horse breeding a priority for the Empire's security.

Therefore they paradoxically depended on the functioning of the Byzantine state.

Apparently, just as in the metropolitan Byzantine state, the use of both motifs continued side by side.

Constantinople was the nerve centre of the Byzantine state.

Each General is either loyal or a traitor to the Byzantine state.

During this time the Byzantine state experienced a century of stability and progress.

The other key advantage of the theme system was that it had offered the Byzantine state good value for money.

Although it took centuries to become fully apparent, one of the main institutional strengths of the Byzantine state was now gone.

It was, however, apparent that the late Byzantine state was unable to gain full control of either the foreign or domestic economic forces.

The last isolated remnants of the Byzantine state were conquered by 1461.