What is another word for byzantium?

Pronunciation: [bɪzˈanti͡əm] (IPA)

Byzantium, also known as Constantinople, was the capital of the Byzantine Empire. This ancient city was known for its impressive architecture, rich culture, and strategic location. Over the years, the city has been referred to by various names, each reflecting a different aspect of its history and character. Synonyms for Byzantium include; Constantinople, New Rome, Byzantion, Augusta Antonina, Dersaadet or Dersa'adet, and Istanbul. These names have all played a role in the city's evolution, from its founding as a Greek colony in the 7th century BC to its transformation into the Ottoman capital in the 15th century. Today, Istanbul is a vibrant and dynamic city that reflects the diverse cultures and influences that have shaped it over the centuries.

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Usage examples for Byzantium

The most venerable of the crowns which were shown us here is that of Monomachus, brought from byzantium more than eight hundred years ago.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
We have seen how almost all of it had fallen away from the Seleucids many generations before the birth of Christ, when a ring of principalities, Median, Parthian, Persian, Nabathsean, had emancipated the heart of the Orient from its short servitude to the West; and though Rome, and byzantium after her, would push the frontier of effective European influence somewhat eastward again, their Hellenism could never capture again that heart which the Seleucids had failed to hold.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
A profession exercised within a port which is associated with such names as those of Tyre, of byzantium, of Venice, of Genoa, of the Hanse Towns, and many of the chief cities of history, may be said to have some liberal features which I do not say are beneficial; I am merely saying that they are different from those which arise out of the associations of manufacture.
"Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2"
Robert Ornsby

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