How did Byzantium look before it became Constantinople?
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Can you do some more videos about Constantinople and Rome please?
What Constantinople looked like before the Theodosian walls were built, and explain why they were built, maintained & improved over their lifetime... when the Constantian walls were still the main defence of the city, and what they looked like.
What Constantinople looked like before & shortly after Justinian the great's reign.
What Constantinople looked like during Emperor Basil ii.
What Constantinople properly looked like post 4th crusade = 1204 - 1453 AD.
What Constantinople looked like post Ottoman conquest = 1453 - 1914.
What Rome may've looked like before Romulus & Remus founded the city.
What Rome may've looked like during the Roman kingdom and Etruscan era = 753 - 509 BC.
What the city of Rome may've looked like during the republican era & Julius Caesar = 509 - 27 BC.
What Rome may've looked like during Augustus's era = 27 BC - 14 AD.
What Rome looked like during the reign of emperor Nero = pre and post fire in reconstruction of old & new buildings.
What Rome may've looked like during Trajan & Hadrian's reign... during the peak of the golden age of the empire.
What Rome looked like during the crisis of the 3rd century... in new building constructions of the city... especially with the Aurelian walls.
What Rome looked like during Constantine's reign... from beginning till end.
Or just combined into what Rome may've looked like during the whole imperial era... as it grew & developed = 27 BC - 476 AD.
These are ideas I have suggested, and a gift for you in future videos in ideas to do next... hope it's all inspirational for things to come. 😎😉😊
Maiorianus, can you help me with some information? I am doing some research into Byzantium during the Early Empire, but can find almost no information. My main question is: How much of the city built by Septimius Severus has been found by archaeologists? Also, have any archaeological reports relating to this period been published? Thanks in advance.
A lot of people forget that Byzantium was an ancient prosperous city long before it was elevated to Nova Roma by Constantine.
Does that mean Constantine paved the way to decline
@@tarionmarsden157 no, he elevated the city immensely
no they don''t... sweeping claim
@@tarionmarsden157 What Constantine did was basically the equivalent of turning a place like Laguna Beach into Los Angeles.
It was more like a prosperous small town, occupying the tip of the golden horn. Septimius Severus destroyed it and rebuilt it as a proper Roman city. Constantine turned it into a proper metropolis and capital.
In Cyprus, the 9th grade entrance exam is about the Byzantine Empire. I was studying it for so long, I almost became Justinian myself.
About a decade before Greeks from Megara founded Byzantion, Greeks from the same city had founded Chalcedon directly opposite (Now the Istanbul suburb of Kadikoy).Chalcedon was obviously the wrong choice as the Byzantion site is much superior from many points of view.This led later observers like a Persian general to label the Chalcedonians blind for missing out the obvious fact.Chalcedon never the less became prosperous and was the site of many important church councils that defined Christian doctrines.
When Byzas of Megara consulted the oracle at Delphi about where he should start his colony he was told to build it opposite the city of the blind.
As Byzas was exiting the sea of Marmara at the entrance of the Bosphorus straight, he came across Chalcedon and noticed that the peninsular opposite (the golden horn) made for a much more defendable and strategic position and realized he had found the place that the oracle was referring to.
Chalcedon 4 life. 6x6x6=216
My family is from Istanbul. I live in another city for 10 years, but miss Istanbul every day. There are very few cities in the world comparable with Istanbul's charm, history, beauty, location and nature. There is something magical in there. Whenever I visit an ancient area or cross the Bosphorus by boat, I cannot help praying God to save the city. We might all go, but Istanbul should prevail. ❤
I have always thought of Constantinople as “that other city” , but your series has put it in a wonderful new light. This is an excellent portrait of the city; it really brings it to life.
Hello Edward, thanks a lot for your kind words, I am truly happy that you appreciate the beauty of Constantinople. Indeed, the city must have been a magnificent sight to behold.
personally i find Constantinople to be more interesting than Rome. The Byzantines had a really interesting history tbh
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Thank you for the laugh.
@@oddflexgaming4667 Yeah Constantinople is way more interesting than Rome imo.
New Rome> old Rome
@@tylerellis9097 I also like Antioch, Damascus, Ctesiphon, Edessa, Nineveh, omg I can name so many different cities that were completely overhauled by the Eastern Romans.
Wonderful. Thank you for that. I have never seen such a reconstruction of old Byzantion. It was amazing.
Hello Craig, thanks a lot, and Credit goes mostly to the amazing people of Byzantium 1200, a really excellent site with detailed reconstructions of Constantinople and Byzantium.
May your channel be aere perennius, Sebastian. Great work!
Hello Sobek, and thanks a lot for supporting the channel always in such a generous way. Seriously, amazing people like you make this work possible.
_I sure am glad I had the city rebuilt, that it would benefit generations of future Romans through the centuries._
Well done you are carrying on the the work of the elders Thank you for your efforts
Great content👌🏻 thank you for this quality work.
Thank you for posting these videos on the Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire. They are both informative and entertaining. Wonderful work!
Its interestng to me how small cities in antic like 5000 people had still so much public building and spaces..now cities off 5000 people have like nothing
Rome at its highest was 1 000 000 inhabitants. Athens in the 4th century BC was almost 400 000. A bit more than 5000.
Cities with 5000 people in have just about everything.
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Great work. Hope Maioranius recovers soon from this pest from the East.
Thanks a lot :) Haha, yes, but luckily it was neither the Antonine, Cyprian or Justinian plague XD I am already a lot better now, thanks.
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Interesting. As a resident of Istanbul for the past 8 years it is indeed a magical place.
Nice, this is a city that I still have to visit. It must be fascinating to live in a place with such an amazing history!
@@Maiorianus_Sebastian yes. Even though the city is crowded and noisy, you can find a park, tea garden or other and the noise of the present fades away...there is a permanence here, a place that draws ouy my emotion good and bad. I believe that I resided in this part of the world in previous life iterations and I am home.
@@terrirogers7837 İstanbul da hangi ilçede yasiyorsunuz
Danke!
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This is one of your best videos yet!
Maiorianus, many thanks for this video. I'm currently doing some research into Byzantium before the time of Constantine. How much of the city rebuilt by Septimius Severus has been found? Have any archaeological reports relating to such material been published?
Awesome!
If you visit Konstantiniyye nowadays:) i wish help you to take entire tour for peninsula
Hello good Sir, awesome, if I visit, I will let you know, thanks for the offer :)
A wonderful Historical coverage & informative video about Byzantium city ,what is surprising me existed of all these Temples which disclosures of all these Pagan Brotherhood religions Before 846 BC ...they lived in this Narrow Peninsula Besides of each others
Could you do videos about Rome before it was an empire like you could start with idk up to like first 5 centuries after Romulus
Great job my friend ... one question ...where from you have the maps 10:26 min of the film :) Thanks for info :)
Thanks!
Hello Julius, no need to thank :) I am the one who thanks you for your generous support. Gratias Amicus !
This was amazing 👏 🙌 😍
So many videos on Byzantium recently, Invicta just posted "What was it like to Grow Up Byzantine? DOCUMENTARY", and I just started watching it. No time for it all.
1:06 - Yes, indeed!
0:44 Epic Skyline
Can you do some more videos about Constantinople and Rome please?
What Constantinople looked like before the Theodosian walls were built, and explain why they were built, maintained & improved over their lifetime... when the Constantian walls were still the main defence of the city, and what they looked like.
What Constantinople looked like before & shortly after Justinian the great's reign.
What Constantinople looked like during Emperor Basil ii.
What Constantinople properly looked like post 4th crusade = 1204 - 1453 AD.
What Constantinople looked like post Ottoman conquest = 1453 - 1914.
What Rome may've looked like before Romulus & Remus founded the city.
What Rome may've looked like during the Roman kingdom and Etruscan era = 753 - 509 BC.
What the city of Rome may've looked like during the republican era & Julius Caesar = 509 - 27 BC.
What Rome may've looked like during Augustus's era = 27 BC - 14 AD.
What Rome looked like during the reign of emperor Nero = pre and post fire in reconstruction of old & new buildings.
What Rome may've looked like during Trajan & Hadrian's reign... during the peak of the golden age of the empire.
What Rome looked like during the crisis of the 3rd century... in new building constructions of the city... especially with the Aurelian walls.
What Rome looked like during Constantine's reign... from beginning till end.
Or just combined into what Rome may've looked like during the whole imperial era... as it grew & developed = 27 BC - 476 AD.
These are ideas I have suggested, and a gift for you in future videos in ideas to do next... hope it's all inspirational for things to come. 😎😉😊
wonderful thank you
Constantine after watching a weird light in the Sky: "For the Gods. What was that thing in the sky we just saw?"
Lactantius: "A message from God, who wants you to reunify the Empire under the cross of Jesus. With the symbol he made in the sky you will conquer"
Constantine: "You're right. If, in order to restore Rome's glory, I must use the signal of the God of christianity and spread his word throughout the Empire, then it shall be done!" *Draws sword* "FOR CHRIST!!!"
Soldiers: "FOR CHRIST!!!"
*Meanwhile, a few kilometers away*
Shepherd: *Returns home, finding his house completely destroyed by a meteorite* "Son of a b*tch..."
Thy Lord Speaketh
Oh yeah, I'd forgotten this, Cathrine the Great tried to bring back the Byzantine Empire: "Russian Plans to Bring Back the Byzantine Empire | Constantinople, Catherine the Great".
Too hope everyone watched "Byzantium - Last of the Romans (Part 1 of 2)" from
Fall of Civilizations.
The Russians also could have restored it a number of other times in wars with the Ottomans, including during WWI. By that point Russia supposedly wanted to bypass a Greek empire and instead annex Constantinople directly to legitimize Russia’s claim as the Orthodox Third Rome. Britain and France didn’t want Russia to annex it, so should Russia have captured it you may have seen it instead go to the Kingdom of Greece. Who knows, at that point maybe Greece declares itself an empire by virtue of holding the imperial city. In any case that all went down the drain after the events of 1917. The British then tried to make Constantinople an international city-state under a puppet Ottoman sultan but failed when the new Turkish republic beat the Greeks out of Anatolia and took control of Constantinople, deposing the sultan and renaming the city Istanbul.
Septimus Severus: "Hey, son. I've renamed a city after you."
Caracalla: "That's very thoughtful of you, Dad"
Septimus Severus: "Yeah. Well, what do you say? Will you agree to co-rule the Empire with Geta now?"
Caracalla: *Shows his hidden knife* "Nope"
*Both father and son laugh intensely*
“With God’s help, we will restore the glory of the Greeks and our beloved homeland, for we are the descendants of the ancient Hellenes”.
Excerpt from Heraclius’ speech after the Byzantine victory over the Persians, as recorded by Chronicler Theophanes the Confessor.
Where did you get the videos seems like a video game?
9:31 that roman centurion pointing back like the wojak meme
it looks super rich...and not too big...the best spot ever
Please try to orient your maps to North. We're all so oriented to that & not all screens will flip upside down to account for the difference is in orientation. Love your site.
9:15 I'm sorry I can't stop laughing at Pescennius Niger's name. LMFAO!
Niger is Latin for "black." It didn't become derogatory until recently
I am trying to grasp your perception of the Late Roman Empire and the Catholic Church and the concept of the City of God in the midst of both Old Rome & New Rome as Eternal Rome. Why not see Catholic Christian Society Existing in the Classical Style? The Toga and Basilica, the Rogation, the Votive, the Statues, the Dioceses, the Pontifex Maximus, Processions, Sacramentum, Patronage, Magisterium, Latin/Greek Rites, etc. there is cultural continuity. The Church took on the goodness of Rome into herself. i realize Augustine complains of many not clinging to Catholic Christian Religion with piety and steadfastness in his City of God.
7:35 (8) That is not an AMPHITHEATER(DOUBLE THEATER) but a THEATER
I was trying to quickly work it out from the map, would you say Constantinople is about 15 times bigger
than the original Vizantion?
It’s a shame none of the old Roman chariot circuses survived intact. They would have been good for athletics, stock car racing, and music events!
Basically, what you're saying is that we have no idea what Constantinople looked like before the time of Constantine.
Does anything survive of the old Byzantium
Thanks, interesting
5:37 Whys archaeological work in Instanbul so difficult?
nobody is willing to give up the real estate to bring up someone else's culture
@@yiannimil1 This is not correct. Beleive me that there are Turks that want that but just the politicians are not smart enough to understand how valuable to do this.
Not only did "old Rome" have too many pagan survivals but also Republican ones (like the Senate) -- highly displeasing to an absolutist like Constantine!
Then why did he invite all those senators to Constantinople, and help establish a second Senate?
@@histguy101 How much actual power did they have? It was to make his absolute rule look more like a natural continuation of the old freer ways.
So Byzantium was founded by King Beesus?
Or maybe it was Lord Beerus.
Pescannius WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY
What about diverge from history and maybe retell the myth of Romulus et remus?
It seems a bit confusing to refer to Roman Classical art and architecture as “pagan” since Roman Christianity spread around the world using this Roman Classical aesthetic. Thus Western Civilization is based on a Christian Roman Classicalism. So to describe things like columns or other Greco-Roman elements as “pagan” doesn’t seem right. When Rome became Christian, all of Greco-Roman culture became amalgamated with Christianity.
For example all the Roman Classical style buildings in Washington DC or European capitals do not represent Roman Paganism, but instead represent Roman Christianity (although not Roman Catholicism in the case of Protestant countries)
Well, I understand your point, but there are some considerations to be made : the Christians did not take inspiration from the Greek and Roman temples for their churches, but from roman civil building : the basilica. It was formerly a sort of hall of Justice. So it is not wrong to say that christianity created its own architecture language.
On the contrary, the Greek or Roman Style building you are referring to in your message took their inspiration from the Antiquity, that is right, but this came with the Renaissance, when artists re-discovered heritage of the Antiquity. And that was long, long after the first centuries of Christian history.
@@heliedecastanet1882 The video is referring to all classical Greco-Roman architecture as "pagan architecture," not just temples. He even included "colonnaded streets," which Christian Romans obviously continued to build.
Constantine was not a Christian emperor. He just tolerated Christendom.
Cope, he died a Christian
@@Zeerich-yx9po So he was a Christian Emperor, none of what you said changes the fact he died a Christian
@@Zeerich-yx9po Dear Zeerich, you should read more about Constantine. The baptism, in the first centuries of Christian history, was not aimed for babies and children : it was first for adults. You could live as a Christian, and be baptized very old. The baptism was not a necessary condition for being a Christian. Concerning the coinage, it was a political choice not to impose Christian imagery, since Christians was not the majority of the Empire, and what Constantine favored the most was the unity of the Empire. So he always took in consideration the mentality and the culture around him.
However, we could say that he was also a fine politician, and knew how to use the religion he had chosen in his favor. Christian, surely, but above all Emperor and man of power.
One question: did the ecumenical patriarchy begin with Constantine or was there a Christian community earlier?
Many ancient historians say directly that Byzantium is a Thracian city, some even call it the Citadel of the Thracian Kings, and say that it is located in the interior of Thrace.. and even though you yourself say that this is a Thracian settlement, then all the time you keep saying - Greek Byzantium !! it's time for all people to open their eyes and understand that it wasn't just Greece and Rome and nothing else, and stop repeating these cliches !! Human history is much richer and much more diverse than Rome and Greece alone.
We keep saying that because it's correct. Greeks settled there. Thracians were Greek. Go learn some history and later speak. And if there weren't Greeks and Romans to lay the groundwork in the arts, sciences and so much more, you would probably sing right now in the trees, poor thing!!!!!
The use of "Roman" and "Greek" is not a matter of nationality. You are using concepts that did not exist in the ancient times (212 : Caracalla edited a law making all the citizens of the Empire Roman citizens, no matter their origins). It is a matter of culture. During the Roman Empire, there were two different cultural areas : the western part, which was culturally Roman, and the eastern part, which was Greek - note that the Greek culture was known as the most sophisticated one for culture, whereas the Roman one was more associated with politics and military matters.
So, it is not a cliché if you use these terms : Greek and Roman. Even the Nabateans (arabe origin) from Palmyra considered and spoke of themselves as "Romans" (politically) and used Greek language, as well as Syrians, Hebrews, etc… So, don't worry : no one denies the richness and diversity in History 😉 These terms only describe a reality that people of those times really felt.
just be glad your turkoman ancestors picked christian rites and slavonic culture as their future. now push Thrakian roots for byzantine ( a term picked up by the west in the 1700s). same as the slavoalbanians of Skopia
9:15 Pescennius WHAT?
Pescennius Normallatinwordforblack.
That's how you say the color black in Latin.
Byzantion in Greek
Byzantium is Latin name
Nova Roma was Byzantium now it’s nova Roma not Byzantium Constantinople was nova roma now it’s Constantinople not nova roma Istanbul was Constantinople now it’s Istanbul not Constantinople. How the song should’ve went
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I live in the southern coast of the asian side next to islands in the marmara sea
Very good, but Byzantium was certainly not called "Vyzantion" by those who founded it, up the the first century AD it was byˈzan.ti.on and then until the 5th ad or something still βyˈzan.ti.on .
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