Strategion
Sign in to savethumb|Map of Byzantine Constantinople. The Strategion was located at the northern end of the fifth region, near the Golden Horn, to the southwest of today's [[Sirkeci.]] The Strategion () was a public square and market located in Constantinople. The square was the equivalent of Campus Martius for Rome, while the market was one of the most important of the city.
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- Origin of the name
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- Sources
thumb|Map of Byzantine Constantinople. The Strategion was located at the northern end of the fifth region, near the Golden Horn, to the southwest of today's [[Sirkeci.]] The Strategion () was a public square and market located in Constantinople. The square was the equivalent of Campus Martius for Rome, while the market was one of the most important of the city.
==Origin of the name== The name possibly comes from the military exercises which took place there, akin to those in Rome's Campus Martius, or from the victorious generals (, pr. strategos) who received military honors in this place.
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