Byzantium

There are 1517 items in Byzantium:

Byblos, Well

Byblos (Hebrew גבל; Greek Βύβλος): one of the oldest cities in the world, occupied from the Neolithic until the Middle Ages, modern Jubayl. …

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Byllis

Byllis (Greek: Βύλλις or Βουλλίς): Illyrian city, Greek town. The remains of Byllis Situated on a hill on the east bank of the river…

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Byzantine Capital

Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις) or Byzantium (Βυζάντιον): Greek city on the Bosphorus, capital of the Byzantine Empire, modern İstanbul. Justininian After the brief reign…

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Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire: the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Greek-speaking, eastern part of the Mediterranean. Christian in nature, it was perennially at war with the Muslims. It flourished during the reign of the Macedonian emperors; its demise was the consequence of…

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