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If I ever go to Istanbul, I'll be telling people I visited Constantinople.
Byzantium, please!
Fuck that Carigrad or Tsargrad
Lygos or gtfo
Byzantium iirc is a different place that is close by.
Not sure that's the case
I think it's just grown over the years
It's a bit iffy. Byzantium originally was located a bit further west. After Constantinople was "refounded", it was located a bit further east. Some historians consider Constantinople to be a new city that usurped Byzantium over the years, others don't and consider it the same city altogether.
This is complicated by some sources referring to the place as one and the same, whereas others seem to be indicating distinct (albeit close) locations.
Ultimately it doesn't really matter though. It didn't take long for Constantinople to grow beyond where Byzantium used to be, so the time period where they could've been distinct is really quite small.
Interesting, thanks!
Well, even old New York was once New Amsterdam, so…
Why'd they change it?
Honestly, idk. I guess people just liked it better that way
the guy with the captain's hat thought it looked more like York.
That this thread became a mixture of They Might Be Giants and Mitchell & Webb is hilarious and i'm here for it.
I can't say
Supposedly, the English took it from the Dutch. The English king gave it to his brother who was the Duke of York and renamed it in his honor.