![]() ![]() Several centuries later, the location of Byzantium attracted a legendary commander, Roman Emperor Constantine I in 330 A.D who refounded it as an imperial residence inspired by Rome itself. ![]() The Athenian military retook the city in 408 B.C. Then the city was besieged by Greek forces, captured by Sparta in 411 B.C. The city later conquered Chalcedon and was only captured by the Persian Empire during the Scythian Campaign in 513 B.C.īyzantium was added as an adminstrative province of Skudra, although Achaemenid’s control of the city wasn’t that stable compared to other cities in Thrace. Byzantium was mainly a trading city due to its proximity in the Black Sea entrance. ![]()
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