35- Prequel to New Rome

Constantine the Great founded New Rome, or Constantinople, in the 4th century. However, there was already a city there centuries earlier. For the mythical roots of Byzantium, we have to go back to yet another man with dubious parentage- this time called Byzas... Sources for this episode: Angelov, D. (2019), The Byzantine Hellene: The Life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Bernstein, N. W. (2023), The Complete Works of Claudian: Translated with an Introduction and Notes. Oxon and New York: Routledge. Doležal, S. (2020), The Reign of Constantine, 306-337: Continuity and Change in the Late Roman Empire. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. Genesios (1998), On the Reigns of the Emperors. Translated by A. Kaldellis. Canberra: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies. Kazhdan, A. P. (ed.) (1991), The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Volume 1-2-3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Mango, C. (1990), Nikephoros Patriarch of Constantinople Short History. Washington D. C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Michael the Syrian (2013), The Chronicle of Michael the Great, Patriarch of the Syrians. Translated by R. Bedrosian. Long Branch, New Jersey. Oldfather, C. H. (1963), Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes. Volume II: Books II (continued) 35- IV, 58. London and Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Heinemann Ltd. and Harvard University Press. Smith; W. (ed.) (1867), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. In Three Volumes (Vol. 1-3.). Boston: Little, Brown, And Company. Venning, T. (ed.) (2006), A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Whitby, M. and Whitby, M. (2007), Chronicon Paschale, 284-628 AD. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Wiseman, T. P. (1983), The Wife and Children of Romulus. Classical Quarterly 33(ii): 445-452. Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Byzas (online) (Accessed 25/06/2024).