BYZANTIUM

situated on the osphorus, was founded in 667 B.C. by xe Greeks, and was occupied at different mes by the Persians, A then i ans, and partans. It fell into Roman hands, $9 B.C., and in 395 A.D. became the capital f the Eastern Roman Empire. It had ready changed its name to Constannople, in honour of Const an tine the reat, who founded a new city there. $30 A.D. It was a famous centre of ae before ita capture by the Turks i F [s. 86]