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[-] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 23 hours ago
[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Fuck that Carigrad or Tsargrad

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 1 points 19 hours ago
[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 19 hours ago

Byzantium iirc is a different place that is close by.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 17 hours ago

Not sure that's the case

Byzantium ... was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today

I think it's just grown over the years

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 11 hours ago

It's a bit iffy. Byzantium originally was located a bit further west. After Constantinople was "refounded", it was located a bit further east. Some historians consider Constantinople to be a new city that usurped Byzantium over the years, others don't and consider it the same city altogether.

This is complicated by some sources referring to the place as one and the same, whereas others seem to be indicating distinct (albeit close) locations.

Ultimately it doesn't really matter though. It didn't take long for Constantinople to grow beyond where Byzantium used to be, so the time period where they could've been distinct is really quite small.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 9 hours ago

Interesting, thanks!

this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2025
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