Certainly the currency contracted sharply, and the gold money soon became so bad that Alexius had to stipulate to pay his debts in the byzants of his predecessor Michael.
He was persuaded, however, to intrust them to the patriarch and prince of Antioch; and the pious pledge was redeemed by Richard of England, at the expense of fifty-two thousand byzants of gold.
Even in the prosperous times of John Ducas Vataces, the byzants were composed in equal proportions of the pure and the baser metal.
Next day the stakes rose to four hundredbyzants on either side, and were won by Fleur, who promptly relieved the horror of his host at such heavy loss by handing over to him the entire eight hundred.
I protest against such a combat," said the Venetian proveditore, "until the King of England shall have repaid the fifty thousandbyzants which he is indebted to the republic.
The fear of losing eight hundred thousand goldenbyzants caused the treaty to be respected, and saved the lives of the king of France and his companions in misfortune.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "byzants" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
