ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟΝ, βυζαντιον
BYZANTION, byzantion
Sounds Like: By-ZAN-tee-on
Translations: Byzantium
From the root: ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Byzantium refers to an ancient Greek city, originally founded by Greek colonists from Megara. It was strategically located on the European side of the Bosphorus Strait, which connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea. The city was later rebuilt and renamed Constantinople by the Roman emperor Constantine I, becoming the capital of the Byzantine Empire. It is used in sentences to refer to the city itself.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 2:20
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