l'empire d'Orient : the Byzantine Empire was founded

in 395, when ïheodosius, at his death, divided the Roman Empire between his sons Arcadius and Honorius, and lasted till the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453.

19. 3. Bembo : a celebrated Italian scholar, born at Venice in

1470, died in 1547. His most important work is a History of Venice from 1487 to 1513, written in both Latin and Italian.