Byzantium (redirected from Byzántion)

By·zan·ti·um  (b-znsh-m, -t-m)

1. The Byzantine Empire.

2. An ancient city of Thrace on the site of present-day Istanbul, Turkey. It was founded by the Greeks in the seventh century b.c. and taken by the Romans in a.d. 196. Constantine I ordered the rebuilding of the city in 330 and renamed it Constantinople.

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Byzantium [bɪˈzæntɪəm baɪ-]

n

(Placename) (Historical Terms) an ancient Greek city on the Bosphorus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Byzantium - an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium - a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 Byzantine - a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
	2.	Byzantium - a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire Roman Empire - an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome Byzantium - an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital Byzantine - a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire

Translations

Byzantium

n → Byzanz nt