- 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...
- In October 2019 I took a trip to one of the greatest cities in the world. Here is what happened. 6:42 - Part I - Old City (Ancient Era)25:15 - Part II - City...451 bin görüntülemeYayınlandı3 Oca 2023
- Names. The name of Constantinople is an honorific eponym referencing its founder, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
- In this article, I will tell a story that starts from 330, when Constantine founded the city, and continues until 1453, when Constantinople fell.
- Yet initially Constantinople did not have all the dignities of Rome, possessing a proconsul, rather than a prefect of the city.
- As well as preserving the manuscripts of the New Testament, Constantinople gave the world a stable currency for about 800 years (400-1200).
- Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city of the Middle Ages and one of the few remnants of the once all-encompassing Roman Empire.
- The city was captured by the Ottomans in 1453, but when did its name change from Constantinople? (Image credit: Nikada via Getty Images).
- The city later became Constantinople, in honor of its Roman founder; it was renamed Istanbul by the Turks during the 20th century.
- Constantinople was the capital city of the Byzantine (330–1204 and 1261–1453) and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261) and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires.