Byzantium
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Ingrid Luo, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jan 27, 2022 08:15 AM
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History
An ancient Greek settlement at the southern end of the Bosphorus where modern-day Istanbul, Turkey now stands. It flourished and grew throughout the Greek and Roman periods. The city was renamed Constantinopolis (q.v.) and much expanded by the fourth-century emperor, Constantine and his successors.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520985
41.005902, 28.9738815
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 24604 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 23977 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Byzantium (750 BC - AD 640)
- Byzantium founded by Megara (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Byzantium part of (administrative) Thrace/Skudra (satrapy) (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Constantinopolis succeeds Byzantium (unspecified date range)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 53 A2 Byzantium
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Istanbul
C. Foss, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Ingrid Luo, and Tom Elliott, 'Byzantium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520985> [accessed: 09 October 2024]
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