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byzantium

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By⋅zan⋅ti⋅um

  [bi-zan-shee-uhm, -tee-uhm]
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–noun
an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara: Constantine I rebuilt it and renamed it Constantinople a.d. 330.
Compare Istanbul.
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By·zan·ti·um   (bĭ-zān'shē-əm, -tē-əm)   

  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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