Byzantium

There are 1517 items in Byzantium:

Piraeus

Piraeus (Greek: Πειραιεύς): main port of ancient Athens.Piraeus' Origins Piraeus and Athens Originally a rocky island, losely connected to the mainland; the…

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Procopius

Procopius of Caesarea (c..495 - after 562): Byzantine courtier and author.Life Portrait of a Roman man, c.540 CE Born in Caesarea in…

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Ptolemais (Tolmeitha)

Ptolemais: port in the Cyrenaica.Ptolemais was a city in the Cyrenaica. For a very long time, it was not a rival to Cyrene or Apollonia, but it still was an important port. In the fifth centyry, however, when Libyan nomads took…

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