Born of the Bible and the pagan Roman Empire, Byzantium still stands at the heart of the modern world, its ideas of heroes and of villains and of government both good and bad and the right of law.

• 拜占庭诞生于圣经及异教罗马帝国时代，至今仍影响着现代的世界，它对英雄恶徒，好坏政府，法律权利的种种观念。