Dazzled by the Tale of Three Cities; Byzantium, Constantinople or Istanbul. Whatever You Call It, This Is a Place Full of Mystery, Says Simon Sebag Montefiore
Delve into the underground of Istanbul at the mysterious Basilica Cistern, an underground chamber with 336 Roman pillars dating back to 532AD. It was once a water storage facility for Constantinople and is now a popular museum. If the Cistern looks familiar it might be due to its role in th...
Constantinople(Greek:Κωνσταντινούπολις) was the original name of the modern city of İstanbul in Turkey in its role over more than a millennium as capital, first of the Eastern Roman Empire, subsequently of theByzantine Empire. The last imperial designation reveals the...
possibly the most famous place to visit in Istanbul. Originally constructed in 537 by Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire as a Christian church, it was converted into a mosque after the fall of Constantinople in 1453 before becoming a museum. Just a few years ago, it was reconsecrate...
But in 554 Justinian, who was the emperor in the East at Constantinople... (Constantinople has been changed now to Istanbul. I have been there a couple of times, and it's the large capital in the East.) And it was the capital of the Empire in the East. (4) Now the Roman Empire...
As more territory was conquered throughout the Imperial period, this fluctuated into the mid-thirties. At the same time, at the beginning of the Imperial period the foreign auxiliaries made up a rather small portion of the military, but continued to rise, so that by the end of the period ...
Casper has been delayed several times, but seems to be slated for a mid-2020 release as part of the latter half of the more sizable Metropolis upgrade called Constantinople. Casper Friendly Finality Gadget (FFG) is the first implementation of Casper, and will set up the network to...
By the fourth crusade in 1204, the warrior Knights Templar besieged then sacked the nerve center of Byzantine Christendom, Constantinople, and as blood ran through the streets once more it became increasingly clear their mission had nothing whatever to do with the gospel of Jesus. Were the crusad...
Born as a Roman colony named Byzantium, it would undergo a name change to Constantinople in 330 CE by Constantine I. What made the city of Constantinople so valuable was its location between Europe and Asia. When overlaid with the modern geopolitical map, the Empire covered Egypt, Italy, ...
Civilization is about cities, but I would argue that the idea of a capital city is more important. Consider some examples. The capital of the Egyptian Old Kingdom was Memphis. The center of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom was Thebes, the capital of the Byzantine Empire was Constantinople, the ...