04-16-2007, 10:35 AM
Yes it was Byzantion in Greek and Byzantium in Latin.
Constantinus refounded it as "Nova Roma". officially celebrated in 330. After his death it was renamed to Constantinopolis in Latin , Κωνσταντινούπολις in Greek.
The name remained until 1930. The origin of Istanbul has already been explained above. It came from "everyday language" where people simply called it "the city". It's because people when asked where they go just said "εἰς τὴν πόλιν (to the city)". And well, you know language in everyday use has a tendency to become more and more lazy in pronounciation over time so you'd end up with something like "is tan boli"
Constantinus refounded it as "Nova Roma". officially celebrated in 330. After his death it was renamed to Constantinopolis in Latin , Κωνσταντινούπολις in Greek.
The name remained until 1930. The origin of Istanbul has already been explained above. It came from "everyday language" where people simply called it "the city". It's because people when asked where they go just said "εἰς τὴν πόλιν (to the city)". And well, you know language in everyday use has a tendency to become more and more lazy in pronounciation over time so you'd end up with something like "is tan boli"
RESTITVTOR LIBERTATIS ET ROMANAE RELIGIONIS
DEDITICIVS MINERVAE ET MVSARVM
[Micha F.]
DEDITICIVS MINERVAE ET MVSARVM
[Micha F.]
