Bizancjum — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Byzantium name The ancient city that became Constantinople and is now Istanbul.
Senses
Bizancjum is used for these senses in English:
- Byzantine Empire (historical) An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia; the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453.
- 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.