Officially renamed Istanbul in 1930, the city is today the second largest city in Europe, straddling the Bosporus strait and lying in both Europe and Asia. History of Constantinople · Fall of Constantinople · Reconquest of Constantinople

6 дек. 2017 г. · Constantinople is an ancient city in modern-day Turkey that's now known as Istanbul. First settled in the seventh century BC, Constantinople developed into a ... Constantine I · Hippodrome · Fall of Constantinople

The history of Constantinople covers the period from the Consecration of the city in 330, when Constantinople became the new capital of the Roman Empire, ... Justinian and his successors · Macedonian dynasty

noun the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century.

2 февр. 2023 г. · The name is from medieval Greek eis tín Pólin, meaning “to the city.” This is from Google Ngram, which represents mentions on Gbooks. Continue ...

The former name for Istanbul from ad 330 (when it was given its name by Constantine the Great) to the capture of the city by the Turks in 1453.

A city founded by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great as capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire . Constantine ruled over both parts of the empire ...

Constantinople was the most important city in the Roman Empire and was later named after the first Byzantine emperor, Emperor Constantine I.

Constantinople was to become one of the great world capitals, a font of imperial and religious power, a city of vast wealth and beauty, and the chief city of ...

9 апр. 2013 г. · Constantinople would become the economic and cultural hub of the east and the center of both Greek classics and Christian ideals. Its importance ...