Byzantine.
"I am very excited for the debates tomorrow."
What debates? What do you mean by "similar debates"? Sniff, sniff,... this smells like a homework question.
For political debates the Elephant represents the Republican party and the donkey represents the Democratic party.
Perhaps you mean "debates". See the related question.
what are the main features of debates
byzantine meant originally 'coming from Byzance' (the old name for Istambul) or (feminine) 'inhabitant of Byzance'. The term has come to mean 'something very difficult to understand / very complicated'
There were four presidential debates in the election of 1960, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. These were the presidential debates as well as the first nationally televised debates in US history.
Munk Debates was created in 2008.
International Debates was created in 2003.
You have to be more specific as to what you mean by the "Byzantine Empire". If you are asking about the eastern part of the Roman empire, which historians have dubbed "Byzantine" (after the city of Byzantium), be aware that there was no such thing. It was the Roman empire-- period. Historians used the term Byzantine when they were referring to the eastern parts of the Roman empire in order to differentiate between the two areas of the empire.
3 televised debates