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Byzantium (/bɪˈzæntiəm, -ʃəm/) or
Byzantion (Ancient Gr****: Βυζάντιον) was an
ancient Gr**** city in
classical antiquity that
became known as Constantinople...
- Βυζάντιον,
Byzántion) in
around 657 BC,
across from the town of
Chalcedon on the
Asiatic side of the Bosphorus. The
origins of the name of
Byzantion, more...
- Býzas) was the
legendary founder of
Byzantium (Ancient Gr****: Βυζάντιον,
Byzántion), the city
later known as
Constantinople and then Istanbul. The legendary...
- on the
European coast of the
Bosporus strait. The city was
founded as
Byzantion (Ancient Gr****: Βυζάντιον) by
Megarian colonists in 657 BCE. It was renamed...
- Rhodes, Cos and
Byzantion.
Provoked by Athens'
increasingly dominating stance over the
Second Athenian League, Chios, Rhodes, Cos and
Byzantion overthrew their...
- of Perinthos, but now (September) sent half his army to
besiege Byzantion.
Byzantion was a more
important city for Philip,
because of its
control of the...
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inheritors of
Roman identity. The
adjective "Byzantine",
derived from
Byzantion (Byzantium in Latin), the name of the Gr****
settlement Constantinople...
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first known name of the city is
Byzantium (Ancient Gr****: Βυζάντιον,
Byzántion), the name
given to it at its
foundation by
Megarian colonists around...
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matter twice:
firstly in an
article appeared in the
academic journal Byzantion, and
later in an
expanded version of the same. He
suggested a link with...
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founded in the city of
Byzantium (Ancient Gr****: Βυζάντιον, romanized:
Byzántion),
which is the
origin of the
historiographical name for the
Eastern Empire...
