Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the...

The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire...

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Greek: Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, romanized: Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos...

"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a 1953 novelty song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. It was written on the 500th anniversary of...

Council of Constantinople can refer to the following church councils (also known as synods) convened in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul, Turkey):...

(Ancient Greek: Νέα Ῥώμη Nea Rhomē; Latin: Nova Roma) and then finally as Constantinople (Constantinopolis) after himself. In 1930, the city's name was officially...

of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade. Crusaders sacked and destroyed most of Constantinople, the...

ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople (Greek: Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, romanized: Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople and primus inter...

(Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Καππαδόκης; died 19 January 520), was Patriarch of Constantinople in 518–520, during the reign of Byzantine emperor Anastasius I after...

Evagrius (Greek: Εὐάγριος; died c. 380) was the archbishop of Constantinople for a brief period in 370, and possibly in 380. In 370, the Arians elected...

Metrophanes of Constantinople may refer to: Metrophanes of Byzantium, bishop from 306 to 314 Patriarch Metrophanes II of Constantinople, reigned from 1440...

The First Council of Constantinople (Latin: Concilium Constantinopolitanum; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Σύνοδος τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως) was a council of Christian...

of Constantinople ordered the closure of all Latin churches in Constantinople. In 1054, the papal legate sent by Leo IX travelled to Constantinople in...

culminated in the Crusader army's 1202 siege of Zara and the 1204 sack of Constantinople, rather than the conquest of Egypt as originally planned. This led to...

Treaty of Constantinople or Treaty of Istanbul may refer to the following treaties signed in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey): Rus'–Byzantine...

patriarch of Constantinople (489–490). According to Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos, on the death of Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople, the emperor...

Look up Constantinople in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Constantinople is the historic city name of present-day Istanbul in Turkey, formerly known...

Patriarchate of Constantinople generally refers to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the seniormost authority in the Eastern Orthodox Church...

was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today. The Greek name Byzantion and its...

The Latin Empire, also referred to as the Latin Empire of Constantinople, was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands...

Phlabianos; d. 11 August 449), sometimes Flavian I, was Archbishop of Constantinople from 446 to 449. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by the Eastern...

The Vilayet of Constantinople or Istanbul (Turkish: Vilâyet-i İstanbul) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, encompassing...

The Walls of Constantinople (Turkish: Konstantinopolis Surları; Greek: Τείχη της Κωνσταντινουπόλης) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded...

also spelled Photius (/ˈfoʊʃəs/), was the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern...

ecclesiastical office as presbyter and director of the Hospital of Sampson in Constantinople, where tradition has him linked to Saint Sampson directly, and in the...

Macedonius I of Constantinople, 4th century Greek bishop of Constantinople Macedonius II of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople 495–511 Macedonius...

The Reconquest of Constantinople was the recapture of the city of Constantinople in 1261 CE by the forces led by Alexios Strategopoulos of the Empire of...

Rome–Constantinople schism may refer to: Rome–Constantinople schism of 484, also known in Western sources as the Acacian Schism Rome–Constantinople schism...

Ἀκάκιος; died 26 November 489) served as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 472 to 489. He was practically the first prelate in the East and...

Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred in Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The eastern half of the Empire...