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Categories: 667 BC, 7th-century BC establishments, Articles with short description, Coordinates on Wikidata, Members of the Delian League

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Byzantium Ancient byzantium Ancient constantinople Ancient istanbul Byzantine crescent

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An ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital WordNet 3.0

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An ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Byzantium or Byzantion was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today. Wikipedia

Ancient Greek city, later renamed Constantinople and then Istanbul. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Ancient Greek city, precursor of Constantinople Wikidata

IS A

PART OF

Byzantine Empire

CULTURE

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft

DIFFERENT FROM

Byzantine Empire

FOUNDED BY

NAMED AFTER

REPLACED BY

SIGNIFICANT EVENT

siège de Byzance en 478 av. J.-C.

Siege of Byzantium

siège de Byzance en 438 av. J.-C.

Siege of Byzantium

siège de Byzance en 195

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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Byzantium

Wikipedia

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Byzantium

Wikidata

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Byzantium

Wikipedia Redirections

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Ancient byzantium, Ancient constantinople, Ancient istanbul, Byzantine crescent, Byzantion, BYZANTIUM, Byzanz, Byzántion, Classical byzantium, Classical constantinople, Classical istanbul, Notable people from Byzantium, Βυζάντιον, Βυζαντιον, Βυζαντιόν

Wikidata Alias

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Byzantion, Constantinople