Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- 1: Before Constantinople
- 2: Urban Development and Decline, Fourth–Fifteenth Centuries
- 3: The People of Constantinople
- Part II Practical Matters
- Part III Urban Experiences
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
1: - Before Constantinople
from Part I - The Place and Its People
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2022
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- 1: Before Constantinople
- 2: Urban Development and Decline, Fourth–Fifteenth Centuries
- 3: The People of Constantinople
- Part II Practical Matters
- Part III Urban Experiences
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
Summary
Chapter 1, “Before Constantinople,” discusses ancient Byzantion, the town selected as the location for Constantine’s new capital. It explores the site’s strategic value from its earliest settlement in the eighth century BC until the fourth century AD, paying particular attention to the political, military, and economic implications of its relationship to the Bosporos.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople , pp. 17 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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Further Reading
Gabrielsen, V. ‘Trade and tribute: Byzantion and the Black Sea straits’, in The Black Sea in Antiquity: Regional and Interregional Economic Exchanges, ed. Gabrielsen, V. and Lund, J. (Aarhus, 2007), 287–324.Google Scholar
Robu, A. Mégare et les établissements mégariens de Sicile, de Propontide, et du Pont-Euxin. Histoire et institutions (Bern, 2014).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Russell, T. Byzantium and the Bosporus: A Historical Study, from the Seventh Century BC until the Foundation of Constantinople (Oxford, 2017).Google Scholar
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