Byzantium

LC control no.	n 82085582
Descriptive conventions	rda
Geographic heading	Byzantium *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Byowzandia Biwzandion Bisanzio Bizancio Byzantion Bizanc
See also	Constantinople *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Special note	Valid as a name heading before 330 A.D. SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Istanbul (Turkey).
Found in	Encycl. Brit., 15th ed. (under Byzantine Empire) (Byzantium; refounded by Emperor Constantine in 330 and named Constantinople) Bizancio, 2000? Constantinople : capital of Byzantium, c2007: p. xvi (author uses "Byzantion" when referring to pre-Constantine city) Wikipedia, Mar. 5, 2008 (Byzantium; ancient Greek city, f. 667 BC and named after king Byzas or Byzantas. The name "Byzantium" is a Latinization of the original name Byzantion. The city evolved to be the center of the Byzantine Empire, (the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of late Antiquity and the Middle Ages) with the name Constantinople. After the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, the city became known as Istanbul) Kotnik, Janko. Slovensko-angleški slovar, 1962: page 753 (Bizanc: Byzantium, Constantinople)