The History of Constantinople

The History Buff 19 - 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 well before the Megarian Greeks arrived 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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The History of Constantinople

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S2E1: The First-Called at the Bosphorus (38 AD to 52 AD)

S1E17: All Roads Lead to Byzantium (3rd-1st Cent. BC) - SEASON FINALE

S1E16: Alexander the Great and the Diadochi (338 BC to 300 BC)

S1E15: The Rise of Macedon (404 BC to 338 BC)

S1E14: The Aegean Tug-of-War (478 BC to 404 BC)

S1E13: Byzantion in the Shadow of Persia (513 BC to 478 BC)

S1E12: The Silent Years from Byzantion's Founding to Darius' Crossing (667 BC to 513 BC)

S1E11: Founding & Early Years of Byzantion (667 BC) - Pt. 2

S1E10: Founding & Early Years of Byzantion (667 BC) - Pt. 1

S1E9: Recap and Dawn of Archaic Period (3000 BC to 800 BC)

S1E8: The Greek Dark Ages (1100 BC to 800 BC) - Pt. 3

S1E7: The Greek Dark Ages (1100 BC to 800 BC) - Pt. 2

S1E6: The Greek Dark Ages (1100 BC to 800 BC) - Pt. 1

S1E5: The Aegean Bronze Age (3000 BC to 1100 BC) - Pt. 2

S1E4: The Aegean Bronze Age (3000 BC to 1100 BC) - Pt. 1

S1E3: Prehistoric Thrace & Anatolia

S1E2: The Untamed Peninsula - Nature's Prologue to Byzantion

S1E1: An Introduction to Constantinople

TRAILER: The History of Constantinople