The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Byzantium

Asia Minor (Region), Asia (Continent)


View Larger MapDescription of institution: Founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 657 BCE, then rebuilt and renamed Constantinople as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine I in 330 CE. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantium