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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thomas Bowman" data-source="post: 7473595" data-attributes="member: 6925649"><p>That was the Eastern Roman Empire also called Byzantium, the Western Roman Empire who's capitol was Rome ended during the Dark Ages, in 476 AD, the Dark Ages had already begun, what ended in 476 AD was a small remnant of the Western Roman Empire, and it could be argued that since the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium didn't have Rome as its Capitol, it wasn't technically the Roman Empire at all, but a Greek Empire instead. The language spoken in Byzantium was Greek not Latin. Your right though, 1453 was actually the Late Renaissance, what occured later is actually referred to as the Early Modern Period. 1492 was about the end of the Late Renaissance and the beginning of the Early Modern Period, as far as D&D is concerned it is when gunpowder weapons started to replace the various bows and crossbows that were used on the battlefield. I believe the Early Modern Period ended with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s.</p></blockquote><p></p>