16+ History Of Byzantium Pictures. Sixty five years later, however, the name of the city was changed to constantinople in honor of its founder, constantine. Throughout their history, the people of byzantium continued to refer to themselves as romans writes timothy gregory, a professor at ohio state university, in his book a history of byzantium.

The turks, one of the deadliest enemies of future byzantium, had appeared in crimea, and in 577 a horde of some 100,000 slavs had invaded thrace and illyricum.

If you like history but have never thought much about byzantium, this is the podcast for you. The city of byzantium was chosen to be the capitol of the eastern roman empire. The work, by ioannes scylitza (flourished 1081), is a history of the byzantine emperors from 811 to 1057, covering events from the proclamation of. The inland commerce of byzantium, like most medieval commerce was confined generally to such commodities, of not excessive weight, as could be packed into a small space, and would represent.