Byzantium (/bɪˈzæntiəm, -ʃəm/) or Byzantion (Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Thracian settlement and later a Greek city in classical antiquity...

The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple...

themselves as "Romans". Due to the imperial seat's move from Rome to Byzantium, the adoption of state Christianity, and the predominance of Greek instead...

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Byzantium after Byzantium (Bizanț după Bizanț in Romanian; Byzance après Byzance in French) is a 1935 book by the Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga, which...

Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, who rebuilt the city of Byzantium as an imperial capital, Constantinople, and who was regarded by the later...

Constantine I (r. 306–337) transferred the main capital from Rome to Byzantium, later known as Constantinople ("City of Constantine") and Nova Roma ("New...

Byzantium is a 2012 vampire film directed by Neil Jordan. The film stars Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, and Sam Riley. Byzantium had its world premiere...

Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (Latin: Stephanus Byzantinus; Greek: Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, Stéphanos Byzántios; fl. 6th century AD) was a Byzantine grammarian...

Wikisource has original text related to this article: Sailing to Byzantium "Sailing to Byzantium" is a poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in the...

victory. In 591 however, the long war was ended with a treaty favorable to Byzantium, which gained Armenia. Thus, after the death of Tiberius II, Maurice sought...

impossible cause. Byzantium under the Angeloi Byzantium under the Doukids Byzantium under the Heraclian Byzantium under the Isaurians Byzantium under the Justinian...

Philo of Byzantium (Greek: Φίλων ὁ Βυζάντιος, Phílōn ho Byzántios, c. 280 BC – c. 220 BC), also known as Philo Mechanicus (Latin for "Philo the Engineer")...

1453: The End of Byzantium (Campaign). Vol. 78. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-091-9. Norwich, John Julius (1995). Byzantium: The Decline and...

kingdoms who tried to conquer it throughout history. Originally known as Byzantium in classical antiquity, the first recorded siege of the city occurred...

Byzantium! is a BBC Books original novel written by Keith Topping and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....

I Komnenos to the Kingdom of Hungary. Infighting among the elite saw Byzantium lose substantial financial capability and military power. The previous...

Anna of Byzantium may refer to: Anna of Constantinople (disambiguation) Anna of Savoy (1306–1365), Byzantine Empress consort Anna Comnena and the Alexiad...

The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (ODB) is a three-volume historical dictionary published by the English Oxford University Press. With more than 5,000...

Hero of Byzantium (or Heron of Byzantium or sometimes Hero the Younger) (Greek: Ἥρων) is a name used to refer to the anonymous Byzantine author of two...

Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ Βυζάντιος Aristophánēs ho Buzántios; c. 257 – c. 185/180 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek scholar, critic and...

Homer of Byzantium (Greek: Ὅμηρος ὁ Βυζάντιος) was an ancient Greek grammarian and tragic poet. He was also called ho Neoteros ("the Younger"), to distinguish...

Faustus of Byzantium (also Faustus the Byzantine, Armenian: Փաւստոս Բուզանդ, romanized: P'awstos Buzand) was an Armenian historian of the 5th century...

Western and Eastern Roman Empires were reunited, the ancient city of Byzantium was selected to serve as the new capital of the Roman Empire, and the...

such as philosophy and the arts, and has been dubbed the "Golden Age" of Byzantium. The cities of the empire expanded, and affluence spread across the provinces...

Thekla (Θέκλα; died c. 823) was the first empress consort of Michael II of the Byzantine Empire. According to Theophanes the Confessor, Thekla was the...

territorial, economic and political position of the Byzantine Empire. Byzantium under the Komnenoi played a key role in the history of the Crusades in...

Byzantium is the third studio album by alternative rock band Deep Blue Something. It was released on Interscope in 1998 only in Japan and some European...

The Byzantine Empire underwent a golden age under the Justinian dynasty, beginning in 518 AD with the accession of Justin I. Under the Justinian dynasty...

602–813): Tr. Harry Turtledove (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982), 137. Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries (A.D. 610–1071): Romilly Jenkins (Weidenfeld &...