User:Biz/sandbox/Byzantine Empire RFC Feb 2023

RFC Defining Byzantium in first paragraph
Should the text in the first paragraph that currently says

''Although the Roman state continued and its traditions were maintained, modern historians prefer to differentiate the Byzantine Empire from Ancient Rome as it was centered on Constantinople, oriented towards Greek rather than Latin culture, and characterised by Eastern Orthodox Christianity. ''

be

(A) left as is, or

(B) replaced with Although the Roman state continued, modern historians distinguish the Byzantine Empire from the earlier Roman Empire due to the imperial seat moving to Constantinople, its integration of Christianity, and its use of Greek over Latin.

Survey
(B)  My reasons are here. Read the Talk discussion to see how we got here, you will see a source analysis in the second indent "I've reviewed the page reference of the sources"