INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Byzantium (/bɪˈzæntiəm, -ʃəm/) or Byzantion (Ancient Greek: ) was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today.

Detailed explanation-2: -Constantinople is an ancient city in modern-day Turkey that’s now known as Istanbul.

Detailed explanation-3: -The name refers to Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony and transit point that became the location of the Byzantine Empire’s capital city, Constantinople. Inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire would have self-identified as Romaioi, or Romans.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 324, the ancient city of Byzantium was renamed “New Rome” and declared the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great. On 11 May 330, it was renamed to Constantinople, and dedicated to Constantine.

Detailed explanation-5: -Istanbul, Turkish İstanbul, formerly Constantinople, ancient Byzantium, largest city and principal seaport of Turkey. It was the capital of both the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire.