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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place · 667 BCE – 330 CE

Byzantium

Also known as

Augusta Antonina
Bisansio
Bisanzio
Bisanzio
Bizanc
Bizanci

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followed byConstantinople330 CE
in countryRoman Empire27 BCE
in countryRoman Republic509 BCE
birthplace ofAntiphilus of Byzantium
place of death ofAthenodorus of Byzantium0k CE
in countryClassical Athens508 BCE
had as participantCretan War of 205-200 BCE205 BCE
place of death ofEleutherius of Byzantium1st c. CE
followed byNova Roma
place of death ofOlympianus of Byzantium2nd c. CE
birthplace ofPhilo of Byzantium280 BCE

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