The History of Constantinople

The History of Constantinople

The History Buff 19 - Episode 18 (S2E1): The First-Called at the Bosphorus (38 AD to 52 AD)

A biography of the Queen of Cities in its many incarnations. Today, it is Istanbul, which is a Turkish rendering of the Greek phrase εἰς τὴν πόλιν (eis ten polin), meaning "in/to the city." That simply saying, "The City," was enough for the hearer to understand Constantinople, speaks volumes. Its history stretches back at least as far as the Megarian Greek arrival in the 7th Century BC . Later, in 330 AD, Constantine the Great proclaimed it the new Roman capital, or Nova Roma. It remained the Imperial capital of the Roman Empire for over a millennium until the Ottoman conquest of 1453 AD.
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Episode 18 (S2E1): The First-Called at the Bosphorus (38 AD to 52 AD)

08 січ. 2026
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Episode 17 (S1E17): All Roads Lead to Byzantium (3rd-1st Cent. BC) - SEASON FINALE

15 груд. 2025
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Episode 16 (S1E16): Alexander the Great and the Diadochi (338 BC to 300 BC)

04 груд. 2025
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Episode 15 (S1E15): The Rise of Macedon (404 BC to 338 BC)

25 лист. 2025
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Episode 14 (S1E14): The Aegean Tug-of-War (478 BC to 404 BC)

18 лист. 2025