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    BYZANTINE EMPIRE

    Jan 20, 2022 3 minutes

    657 BCE

    FOUNDATION OF BYZANTION 01

    The colony of Byzantion is founded by colonists from the Greek city of Megara (40km from Athens). Legend has it that the name of the leader of the colonists is Byzas, hence the name of the new city, although it may have been built on an existing Thracian settlement.

    May, 330 CE

    FOUNDATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE

    The Roman Emperor Constantine I (r.306-337 CE) moves the capital of the

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