Settlement
Byzantium
Byzantium: settlement of the ancient world (Istanbul, Türkiye).
SettlementKind
Before 750 BCFirst recorded
Late AntiquityLast recorded · AD 300 – AD 640
IstanbulNearest town · 2.2 km
On the map
Position: 41.0059, 28.9739
Through the eras
Before 750 BC✓
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC✓
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC✓
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC✓
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640✓
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453
About the site
An ancient Greek settlement at the southern end of the Bosphorus, where modern-day Istanbul, Turkey, now stands. It flourished and grew throughout the Greek and Roman periods. The city was renamed Constantinopolis (q.v..) and much expanded by the fourth-century emperor, Constantine, and his successors.
Other ancient sites nearby
Serpent ColumnArchaeological site · Late Antiquity
0.1 kmObelisk of TheodosiusArchaeological site · Late Antiquity – Middle Ages
0.1 kmIstanbulSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
0.2 kmHippodrome of ConstantinopleTheatre or arena · Late Antiquity – Middle Ages
0.2 kmSultanahmet CamiiTemple or sanctuary
0.3 kmGreat Palace of ConstantinopleArchaeological site · Late Antiquity – Middle Ages
0.3 kmLittle Hagia SophiaTemple or sanctuary · Late Antiquity – Middle Ages
0.4 kmHagia SophiaTemple or sanctuary · Roman period – Middle Ages
0.6 kmConstantinopolisSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
0.7 kmForum of TheodosiusArchaeological site
1 kmNeorionBridge, station or port · Late Antiquity – Middle Ages
1.2 kmSykai / Ioustinianai / IoustinianoupolisSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
1.9 kmThe same kind in the region
Cities and settlements
Selymbria / EudoxiopolisClassical period – Late Antiquity
SilivriChalcedonArchaic period – Middle Ages
IstanbulAianteionRoman period
IstanbulAmmoiLate Antiquity
ZeytinburnuAmykosHellenistic period – Roman period
ÇubukluAnaplous / PromotouLate Antiquity
ArnavutköyArcheionRoman period
ŞişliArgyronionRoman period – Late Antiquity
AnadolukavağıArgyropolis / BytharionLate Antiquity
IstanbulArtanesRoman period – Late Antiquity
ŞileAthyrasHellenistic period – Late Antiquity
BüyükçekmeceBlachernaiRoman period – Late Antiquity
Istanbul