Bizantion
Bizantiyon, Byzantium, Augusta Antonina, Nova Roma, Constantinopolis, Konstantinopolis, Kostantiniyye, İstanbul olarak da bilinir.
- Tür: Antik Kent, Ören Yeri
- Kültür: Trak
- Yüzyıl: 15. yy, MÖ 7. yy
- Bölge: Türkiye, Marmara Bölgesi, İstanbul, Fatih
Byzantion | |
Alternative name | Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome") |
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Location | Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey |
Region | Marmara Region |
Coordinates | 41°00′55″N 28°59′05″E / 41.01528°N 28.98472°E |
Type | Ancient city |
Part of | |
Area | 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) enclosed within Constantinian Walls 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) enclosed within Theodosian Walls |
History | |
Founded | 667 BC |
Cultures |
Byzantium (/bɪˈzæntiəm, -ʃəm/) or Byzantion (Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Thracian settlement and later a Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity which is known as Istanbul today. 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 Byzantine Empire.[1][2] Byzantium was colonized by Greeks from Megara in the 7th century BC and remained primarily Greek-speaking until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in AD 1453.[3]
- ^ Speake, Jennifer, ed. (2003). Literature of Travel and Exploration: A to F. p. 160. ISBN 9781579584252.
- ^ Kazhdan, A. P.; Epstein, Ann Wharton (February 1990). Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. University of California Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780520069626.
Byzantion term remained used for Constantinople.
- ^ The Rise of the Greeks. Orion Publishing Group. 2012. p. 22. ISBN 978-1780222752.