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Byzantium (bīzăn`shēəm, –shəm, –tēəm), ancient city of Thrace, on the site of the present-day Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Greeks from Megara in 667 B.C., it early rose to importance because of its position on the Bosporus. In the Peloponnesian War it was captured and recaptured by the contending forces. It was taken (A.D. 196) by Roman Emperor Septimius Severus. Constantine I ordered (A.D. 330) a new city built there; this was Constantinople Constantinople (kŏn'stăn'tĭnō`pəl) ..... Click the link for more information. , later the capital of the Byzantine Empire. |
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There was already an ancient town there named Byzantium, but he transformed it into a new and splendid city. I'll give thee, good fellow, a twelvemonth or twain, To search Europe through, from Byzantium to Spain; But ne'er shall you find, should you search till you tire, So happy a man as the Barefooted Friar. We in Russia refuse to see that we are the heirs of Byzantium," and he launched into a long and heated explanation of his views. |
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