• 2.4 527–565: Constantinople in the Age of Justinian. 2.5 Survival, 565–717: Constantinople during the Byzantine Dark Ages.
  • Before it was ever known as Istanbul, and after it was known as Byzantium, a Greek settlement in Anatolia, Constantinople was one of the most influential...
  • ^ G. Necipoĝlu "From Byzantine Constantinople to Ottoman Kostantiniyye: Creation of a Cosmopolitan Capital and Visual Culture under Sultan Mehmed II" Ex. cat.
  • Constantinople, the heart of the Byzantine Empire for over 1,000 years, was founded by Emperor Constantine and is known today as Istanbul.
  • After Valens's embarrassing defeat, the Visigoths believed Constantinople to be vulnerable and attempted to scale the walls of the city but ultimately failed.
  • Map of Byzantine Constantinople under Constantine, Justinian and Heraclius. Explore Hagia Sophia, the Hippodrome, the Forum of Constantine and other...
  • According to Dirk Krausmüller, “monasteries began to appear in and around Constantinople within a century of its foundation.
  • Constantinople is an ancient city in modern-day Turkey that’s now known as Istanbul. First settled in the seventh century B.C., Constantinople developed into a...
  • While much of the city’s grandeur has long been lost, there are still many significant remains of Byzantine Constantinople.