the former capital of the Eastern Roman Empire; it was built on the site of ancient Byzantium, and the name was changed to Istanbul by the Turks.
place - The "New Rome" founded by the Emperor Constantine in 330 C.E. that served as the capitol of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire. After the Ottomans occupied the city in 1453, it was renamed Istanbul.
Capital of the Ottoman empire until its collapse in 1918. The name, by which it had been known since AD 330, was changed to Istanbul in 1926.
Renamed from Byzantium, it was the administrative seat of the Eastern Roman Empire until it fell to the Turks in 1453. It was renamed Istanbul.
the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
In 330 C.E., the ancient city of Byzantium was proclaimed the capital of the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire, and renamed by Emperor Constantine the Great. In 1453, the city and what remained of the empire fell to Ottoman invaders. The city was renamed Istanbul.
The historic center of Orthodox Christianity, now called Istanbul. The Patriarch of Constantinople is considered second to the Bishop of Rome in historic honor.