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Byzantium vs Chalcedon - What's the difference?

byzantium | chalcedon |

As proper nouns the difference between byzantium and chalcedon

is that byzantium is the ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 (CE), and now known as Istanbul while Chalcedon is an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, almost directly opposite Byzantium.

byzantium

English

(wikipedia Byzantium)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 , and now known as Istanbul.
  • (rare) The Byzantine Empire.

    • Related terms

    * Bezant * Byzant * Byzantine

    chalcedon

    English

    (wikipedia Chalcedon)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, almost directly opposite Byzantium

    • Derived terms

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