Byzantium - Wikipedia Byzantium ( b ɪ ˈ z æ n t i ə m,-ʃ ə m ) or Byzantion (Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today
Byzantine Empire | History, Geography, Maps, Facts | Britannica The name refers to Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony and transit point that became the location of the Byzantine Empire’s capital city, Constantinople Inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire would have self-identified as Romaioi, or Romans
Byzantium - World History Encyclopedia The ancient city of Byzantium was founded by Greek colonists from Megara around 657 BCE According to the historian Tacitus, it was built on the European side of the Strait of Bosporus on the order of the “god of Delphi” who said to build “opposite the land of the blind”
Byzantine Empire: Definition, Religion Byzantium | HISTORY The Byzantine Empire was a vast and powerful civilization with origins that can be traced to A D 330, when the Roman emperor Constantine I dedicated a “New Rome” on the site of the ancient
Internet History Sourcebooks: Byzantium - Fordham University Byzantium is the name given to both the state and the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire in the middle ages Both the state and the inhabitants always called themselves Roman , as did most of their neighbors
Byzantium - Encyclopedia. com Byzantium (bīzăn´shēəm, –shəm, –tēəm), ancient city of Thrace, on the site of the present-day İstanbul, Turkey Founded by Greeks from Megara in 667 BC, it early rose to importance because of its position on the Bosporus
Byzantine Empire - Wikipedia The adjective "Byzantine", derived from Byzantion (Byzantium in Latin), the name of the Greek settlement Constantinople was established on, was only used to describe the inhabitants of the city; it did not refer to the empire, called Romanía (Ῥωμανία or "Romanland") by its citizens
Discover the Byzantine Empire - Byzantine World What is Byzantium? The Byzantine Empire originated from the partition of the Roman Empire and remained its only successor after 476 It was cemented by Greek culture and the legacy of antiquity, the Christian Orthodox faith, and a Roman conception of law, administration, and imperial power
The Byzantine Empire: A Comprehensive Overview of a Flourishing . . . Byzantium and the Arab Caliphates: Conflict and Influence The Byzantine Empire had a complicated relationship with the Arab Caliphates In the 7th century, Arab forces launched a series of invasions, leading to the loss of Byzantine territories in the Levant and North Africa