Byzantium
Sign in to saveByzantium () or Byzantion () was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul in modern times. The Greek name Byzantion and its Latinization Byzantium continued to be used as a name of Constantinople sporadically and to varying degrees during the thousand-year existence of the Eastern Roman Empire, which also became known by the former name of the city as the Byzantine Empire. Byzantium was colonized by Greeks from Megara in the 7th century BCE and remained primarily Greek-speaking until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in 14
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Byzantium was an ancient Greek city founded in the 7th century BCE that later became Constantinople and then Istanbul, serving as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire for over a thousand years. The city's historical importance is reflected in how it lent its name to the entire Byzantine Empire, one of history's most significant civilizations that shaped Eastern European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern culture and politics.
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- Ancient site.name
- Byzantium667 BCE – 330 CE
- Ancient site.native_name
- Βυζάντιον
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome")
- Ancient site.image
- Locator map Byzantion.PNG
- Ancient site.caption
- Location of Byzantion, corresponding to the modern-day Fatih district of Istanbul
- Ancient site.map_size
- 275
- Ancient site.location
- Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Marmara Region
- Ancient site.type
- Ancient city
- Ancient site.area
- enclosed within Constantinian Walls enclosed within Theodosian Walls
- Ancient site.built
- 667 BCE
- Ancient site.notes
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Byzantium () or Byzantion () was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul in modern times. The Greek name Byzantion and its Latinization Byzantium continued to be used as a name of Constantinople sporadically and to varying degrees during the thousand-year existence of the Eastern Roman Empire, which also became known by the former name of the city as the Byzantine Empire. Byzantium was colonized by Greeks from Megara in the 7th century BCE and remained primarily Greek-speaking until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 CE.
==Etymology==