06-09-2012, 12:37 AM
I guess it's had many names then - founded and referred to by the Greeks as Byzantion - which was Latinized as Byzantium - then Nea Roma (?) which is a new one on me - then of course Constantinople - before ultimately becoming Istanbul.
The New Rome epithet was also applied to Muscovy's prime city of Moscow at various times in its early and very Orthodox history. Rome was obviously the First Rome; Constantinople the Second Rome; and Moscow the so-called Third Rome.
The New Rome epithet was also applied to Muscovy's prime city of Moscow at various times in its early and very Orthodox history. Rome was obviously the First Rome; Constantinople the Second Rome; and Moscow the so-called Third Rome.
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[size=75:2kpklzm3]Xerxes - "What did the guy in the pass say?" ... Scout - "Μολὼν λαβέ my Lord - and he meant it!!!"[/size]
[size=75:2kpklzm3]Xerxes - "What did the guy in the pass say?" ... Scout - "Μολὼν λαβέ my Lord - and he meant it!!!"[/size]
