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Byzantium

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Also known as Constantinople, Byzantion

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 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
Replaced by Constantinople in the 330s.

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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==

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