The ancient Persian and Greek cultures did not exist in isolation. There was cross-fertilization. The present article describes several aspects of Persia's influence on Greece.Conclusion
In the fields of architecture and politics, the Athenians of the fifth century BCE copied several…
Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις) or Byzantium (Βυζάντιον): Greek city on the Bosphorus, capital of the Byzantine Empire, modern İstanbul.
Imperial eagle, on a…
Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις) or Byzantium (Βυζάντιον): Greek city on the Bosphorus, capital of the Byzantine Empire, modern İstanbul.
The acropolis of Byzantium
According…
Aqueduct of Valens: Roman water conduit to ancient Constantinople.In its present form, Constantinople's Aqueduct of Valens dates back to 368-375 and is named after the man who was to be defeated and killed in action three years after its completion,…
Augusteôn Square ("Square of the Empresses"): central square in ancient Constantinople.
Augusteôn Square today; Hagia Sophia in the background
Augusteôn Square was…
Basilica cistern: largest underground water basin in Constantinople.
Basilica Cistern
When Byzantium, renamed Constantinople, became the main imperial residence in the Roman…
Church of Divine Peace: oldest church in Constantinople.Situated on the site of an older sanctuary of Aphrodite, Constantinople's Church of Divine Peace or S. Irene was a symbol of the triumph of Christianity. It was the first church in the…
Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις) or Byzantium (Βυζάντιον): Greek city on the Bosphorus, capital of the Byzantine Empire, modern İstanbul.
The church of the…
Church of Saint Polyeuktos: one of the Christian sanctuaries in ancient Constantinople.The unimpressive remains of Constantinople's Church of Saint Polyeuctus were discovered when the great intersection of the Șehzadebași Caddesi and the Atatürk Bulvari was constructed.
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Cistern of Aetius: one of the numerous water basins in ancient Constantinople.When Byzantium, renamed Constantinople, became the capital of the Roman Empire, it soon had more inhabitants than it could supply with the water of its wells and the little…
Cistern of St Mocius: large open-air water reservoir in ancient Constantinople.When Byzantium, renamed Constantinople, became the main imperial residence of the Roman Empire, it soon had more inhabitants than it could supply with the water of its wells and the…