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Constantinople Records was an independent record label created by Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins. Little is known about the label and no official website or company exists. The US Patent Office's website listed the label as being trademarked by Corgan.
In 1261, the Greeks regained control of Constantinople from the Crusaders, who had assaulted the city in 1204. Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–82), hailed as the New Constantine, devoted much of his efforts to rebuilding the capital, restoring damaged churches, monasteries , and public buildings.
- Foundation by Constantine
- Constantius to Theodosius
- Justinian & The Nika Revolt
- Medieval Constantinople
Emperor Diocletian who ruled the Roman Empire from 284 to 305 CE believed that the empire was too big for one person to rule and divided it into a tetrarchy (rule of four) with an emperor (augustus) and a co-emperor (caesar) in both the east and west. Diocletian chose to rule the east. Young Constantine rose to power in the west when his father, Co...
In 337 CE Constantine died, leaving his successors and the empire in turmoil. Constantius IIdefeated his brothers (and any other challengers) and became the empire's sole emperor. The only individual he spared was his cousin Julian, only five years old at the time and not considered a viable threat; however, the young man would surprise his older c...
A number of weak emperors followed Theodosius II until Justinian (527 - 565 CE) – the creator of the Justinian Code – came to power. By this time the city boasted over three hundred thousand residents. As emperor Justinian instituted a number of administrative reforms, tightening control of both the provinces and tax collection. He built a new cist...
Two other emperors deserve mention: Leo III and Basil I. Leo III (717 - 741 CE) is best known for instituting iconoclasm, the destruction of all religious relics and icons – the city would lose monuments, mosaics and works of art – but he should also be remembered for saving the city. When the Arabs lay siege to the city, he used a new weapon “Gree...
- Donald L. Wasson
Constantinople was founded by the Roman emperor Constantine I (272–337) in 324 on the site of an already-existing city, Byzantium, which was settled in the early days of Greek colonial expansion, in around 657 BC, by colonists of the city-state of Megara.
Dec 26, 2016 · Many years after the destruction of the great libraries of the ancient world, such as the libraries of Pergamum and Alexandria, the Imperial Library of Constantinople preserved precious Ancient Greek and Latin texts for almost 1,000 years.
- Veronica Parkes
The Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae (‘Record of the City of Constantinople’) records among the principal churches inside the walls of Constantinople the shrines of *Menas (probably the soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073), *Paulos (the Confessor, bishop of Constantinople, ob. c. 350, S01500), *Akakios (martyr of Byzantium ...
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