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Definition of Byzantium

1. Noun. An ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital.

2. Noun. A continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395.

Definition of Byzantium

1. Proper noun. The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 (C.E.), and now known as Istanbul. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Byzantium

1. An ancient city, the site of modern istanbul. From the 4th to 15th centuries the empire extended from southeastern europe to western asia, reaching its greatest extent under justinian (527-565). By about 1000 a.d. It comprised the southern balkans, greece, asia minor, and parts of southern italy. The capture of constantinople in 1453 marked the formal end of the byzantine empire. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Byzantium

bytownite bytownites bytowns bywalk bywalks byway byways bywoner bywoners byword

bywords bywork byworks byzant byzantine byzantium (current term) byzants bzzt bzzzt béarnaise sauces

béarnaises béchamel sauce béchamel sauces béchamels béguin béguins bête de scène bête noir bête noire bêtise

Literary usage of Byzantium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"The harbour byzantium was peculiarly favoured by nature, ... From its shape, and the rich advantages thus connected with it, the harbour of byzantium ..."

2. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"byzantium, attacked by a numerous and increasing army, and afterwards by the whole naval power of the empire, sustained a siege of three years, and remained ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, John Bagnell Bury (1897)
"As byzantium was one of**"*"'0"1 the greatest passages from Europe into Asia, it had been provided with a strong garrison, and a fleet of five hundred ..."

4. History: Fiction of Science? by Anatoly Fomenko (2005)
"The “ancient” Philip II begins the siege of byzantium in the alleged yeam 340 BC, ... mole played by the city of byzantium in the epoch of Philip II. ..."

5. History of Painting by Karl Woermann (1880)
"In the Early Christian centuries the art of byzantium is not distinguishable in character from that of Italy. In the same way that the Greco-Roman style ..."

6. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1903)
"But we cannot dwell even briefly on the celebrated Eighth (Ecumenical Council held at byzantium in 869 under the presidency of the papal legate, ..."

7. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"... with- propose peace, and to abandon his designs against draws from T» . i t-> • i • i t_ i concludes pi /• i « « IT» • ii • u* byzantium. byzantium and ..."

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