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Byzantium and the Bosporus : a historical study, from the seventh century BC until the foundation of Constantinople

Title: Byzantium and the Bosporus : a historical study, from the seventh century BC until the foundation of Constantinople / Thomas Russell.
Author: Russell, Thomas James, 1988-
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.

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Dionysius, of Byzantium

Description

xvii, 290 pages ; illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

In AD 330 the Emperor Constantine consecrated the new capital of the eastern Roman Empire on the site of the ancient city of Byzantium. Its later history is well known, yet comparatively little is known about the city before it became Constantinople and then Istanbul. Although it was just a minor Greek polis located on the northern fringes of Hellenic culture, surrounded by hostile Thracian tribes and denigrated by one ancient wit as the 'armpit of Greece', Byzantium did nevertheless possess one unique advantage - control of the Bosporus strait. This highly strategic waterway links the Aegean to the Black Sea, thereby conferring on the city the ability to tax maritime traffic passing between the two. Byzantium and the Bosporus is a historical study of the city of Byzantium and its society, epigraphy, culture, and economy, which seeks to establish the significance of its geographical circumstances and in particular its relationship with the Bosporus strait. 0Examining the history of the region through this lens reveals how over almost a millennium it came to shape many aspects of the lives of its inhabitants, illuminating not only the nature of economic exploitation and the attitudes of ancient imperialism, but also local industries and resources and the genesis of communities' local identities. 0.

Series Statement

Oxford classical monographs

Uniform Title

Oxford classical monographs.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 17-985

ISBN

9780198790525
019879052X

OCLC

966883066

Author

Russell, Thomas James, 1988- author.

Title

Byzantium and the Bosporus : a historical study, from the seventh century BC until the foundation of Constantinople / Thomas Russell.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford classical monographs

Oxford classical monographs.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Dionysius, of Byzantium, author.

Research Call Number

JFD 17-985

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