Byzantion — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Byzantium name The ancient city that became Constantinople and is now Istanbul.
Senses
Byzantion is used for these senses in English:
- Byzantium (historical) An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul.
Byzantium — full definition
- name The ancient city that became Constantinople and is now Istanbul.
- name The Eastern Roman Empire centered on that city.