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Historically, I think it's akin to when Russia conquered Russia and renamed St. Petersburg to Leningrad
by skhr0680 2y ago
Historically, I think it's akin to when Russia conquered Russia and renamed St. Petersburg to Leningrad
- arrowsmith 2y agoStalingrad, Léopoldville, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Constantinople. Many such cases!
- LtWorf 2y ago> Constantinople I think it's not the same if you build a new city :)
- arrowsmith 2y agoDidn't he rename the existing city of Byzantium?
- bgnn 2y agoHe did not. He renamed it as New Rome. The name Constantinopolis came after him. It was often just referred as polis. The name Istanbul is derived from "eis tan polis" (to the city) used as a common phrase during Byzantian times. Turks kept using this old names as Konstantiniyye (Constantin's city in Arabic) Istanbul, both only referring to the walled part of the city till mid-20th century.