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Byzanthinum

Province
Macedonia
Realm
Byzantium
Faction
Roman
Starting building
Trade centre
Terrain
Plain
Road / river
Road
Resource deposit
—
Starting population
100,000
Position (x / y)
52 / 33

Historical background

The town meant is Byzantion, founded by Greeks from Megara around 660 BC on the Bosporus. It controlled the strait between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean and lived from tolls and tuna fishing. In AD 330 Constantine the Great made it the new capital of the empire as Constantinople.

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Other cities in the province

City Starting building Position (x / y)
Athenae Trade centre 46 / 40

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