The Eastern Empire became nearly conterminous with the Greek nation; reappearance of the other original races 366 The Latin Conquest, and the revived Byzantine Empire 366-367 States which arose out of the Empire or on its borders; Sicily; Venice; Bulgaria; Hungary; Asiatic powers 367-368 Distinction between conquest and settlement 368 § 1. _Changes in the Frontier of the Empire._ Power of revival in the Empire 369 Western possessions of the Empire; losses in the islands; advance in the mainland 369 Loss of Sardinia; gradual loss and temporary partial recovery of Sicily 369-370 Fluctuations of the Imperial power in Italy; the Normans 370-371 Loss and recovery of Crete and Cyprus; separation of Cyprus 371-372 Summary of the history of the great islands 372-373 Relations to the Slavonic powers; three Slavonic groups 373 Bulgarian migrations; White Bulgaria; the first Bulgarian kingdom south of the Danube 373-374 Use of the Bulgarian name 374 The slaves of Macedonia, &c. 375 Relations between the Empire and the Bulgarian kingdom 375 Recovery of Macedonia and Greece; use of the name _Hellênes_ 375-376 Servia, Croatia, and Dalmatia 376 Greatest extent of the first Bulgarian kingdom under Simeon 376-377 First conquest of Bulgaria 377 Second Bulgarian kingdom under Samuel; second conquest 377-378 Venice and Cherson 378 Asiatic conquests; annexation of Armenia 378-379 New enemies; Magyars; Turks 379 Revolt of Servia; loss of Belgrade 379 Advance of the Seljuk Turks; Sultans of _Roum_; loss of Antioch 379-380 Normans advance; loss of Corfu and Durazzo 380 Revival under John and Manuel, Komnênos; recovery of lands in Asia and Europe 381 Splitting off of distant possessions; loss of Dalmatia; Latin Kingdom of Cyprus 381 Third Bulgarian kingdom; the Empire more thoroughly Greek 382 Latin conquest of Constantinople; Act of Partition 383 Latin Empire of Romania 383-384 Latin kingdom of Thessalonikê 384-385 Despotat of Epeiros; Greek Empire of Thessalonikê; their separation 385