Constantinopolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Lucas Butler, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
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History
Capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Latin, and the Ottoman Empires founded by Constantine I in AD 330.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520998
41.0065926253, 28.9656351401
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- Constantinople (English, modern)
- Constantinopolis (AD 300 - AD 640)
- ἡ Πόλις (He Polis: Ancient Greek, AD 850 - AD 1450)
- Konstantinopel (German, AD 1683 - AD 1918)
- Konstantinoupolis (AD 500 - AD 1204)
- Konstantinoúpolis (AD 1300 - AD 1453)
- Kōnstantinoupolis (Ancient Greek, 1200 BC - AD 1453)
- Qosṭanṭiniye (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1453 - AD 1683)
- Quṣtanṭīnīya (AD 632 - AD 750)
- Quṣṭanṭīnīya (AD 1258 - AD 1335)
- al-Qustantīnīya (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 632 - AD 1335)
- Ḳusṭanṭiniye (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1453)
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- Istanbul (Turkish, modern)
- Constantinopolis succeeds Byzantium (unspecified date range)
- Constantinopolis connection Via Egnatia (unspecified date range)
- Aqua Hadriana located near Constantinopolis (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Great Palace of Constantinople located at Constantinopolis (AD 300 - AD 1200)
- Hagia Sophia located at Constantinopolis (unspecified date range)
- Hippodrome of Constantinople located at Constantinopolis (unspecified date range)
- Limen to Kaisareiou part of (administrative) Constantinopolis (AD 300 - AD 1453)
- Neorion located at Constantinopolis (unspecified date range)
- Obelisk of Theodosius located at Constantinopolis (unspecified date range)
- Theodosian Walls located at Constantinopolis (unspecified date range)
- Untitled connection Constantinopolis (unspecified date range)
- Wall of Constantine located at Constantinopolis (unspecified date range)
- İstanbul succeeds Constantinopolis (AD 1900 - AD 1999)
urban area, settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 53 A2 Constantinopolis
- Bardill 2004
- Bühl 1995 130-34, 210
- Crow 2008
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 138,5 Bizantio [qui et Constantinopoli]
- ItMiller 540, 527, 515
- Mango 1985
- PECS (Perseus) BYZANTIUM later CONSTANTINOPLE (Istanbul） NW Turkey
- RE Constantinopolis
- ToposText Constantinople/Konstantinoupolis (Thrace)
- Torgerson 2021
- Van Millingen 1899
- WHL 356: Historic Areas of Istanbul
- Wikipedia (English) Constantinople
- Wikipedia (English) Walls of Constantinople
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 53 A2 Constantinopolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Istanbul
C. Foss, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Lucas Butler, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Constantinopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520998> [accessed: 25 March 2025]
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