Byzantine Architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire that was founded by Constantine I when he moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium in the fourth century. In southern and eastern Europe, in particular in those parts of Italy, Greece, and Anatolia that remained under the sway of Byzantine Empire, the continuation of the Roman plans and techniques was strong. Only slightly modified Roman plans were used for such Italian churches as San Apollinare in Classe, and San Vitale in Ravenna; in Constantinople itself huge domed churches, such as Hagia Sophia, were built on a scale far larger than anything that was ever built by the Western Roman Empire.
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