@LucasNeillgs@cehrelinivav Inhabitants called themselves Rhomaioi (Romans), but ethnically, linguistically, and culturally the urban elite and majority were Greek. Historians routinely describe medieval Constantinople as the premier center of the Greek world
@kahramannillda@cehrelinivav Inhabitants called themselves Rhomaioi (Romans), but ethnically, linguistically, and culturally the urban elite and majority were Greek. Historians routinely describe medieval Constantinople as the premier center of the Greek world
@kahramannillda@cehrelinivav Over the centuries the empire became thoroughly Hellenized: Greek was the dominant language (official from the 7th century onward), the culture, education, literature, and Orthodox Church were Greek in character, and the city’s core population was Greek-speaking. .
@kahramannillda@cehrelinivav Founding: Greek colonists from Megara established the city as Byzantium around 667 BC. It was a classical Greek polis.
Byzantine period (330–1453 AD): Constantine the Great refounded it as Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
@cehrelinivav Was Istanbul a greek city or not?
Yes, in key historical periods—particularly its founding and the long Byzantine era—Istanbul (as Byzantium and later Constantinople) was a Greek city in origin, language, culture, and predominant population.
@Romasjr28@PetrosVanRipper Υπάρχει διαμορφωμένο μονοπάτι δίπλα από το λόφο του Κολωνού με το επίγραμμα του Σιμωνίδη. Προσοχή όμως στο αυτοκίνητο να μείνει κάποιος γιατί γύφτοι παραμονεύουν κ σπάνε τα τζαμια και κλέβουν