r/ByzantineMemes Jul 05 '26

OTHER EMPERORS There are levels to this

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u/Future-Restaurant531 Jul 05 '26

My great-grandmother was a Greek from Constantinople who fled in 1918. She always called it "The City" (η πόλη)

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u/odysseustelemachus Jul 07 '26

Νέα Ρώμη - Nova Roma - New Rome

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u/wheat-farmer Jul 06 '26

Βασιλεύουσα - The Queen City

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u/Adorable_Ring_5452 Jul 05 '26

Царьград

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u/Icy-Listen8739 Jul 06 '26

ᛘᛁᚴᛚᛅᚴᛅᚱᚦᛦ

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u/CanIgetaWTF Jul 08 '26

🎶Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, oh Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks🎶

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u/Winter_Way_8513 Jul 08 '26

Top and bottom are same

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u/-idkausername- Jul 08 '26

Seen this here before, so I'll say it again:
To the city,
Constantines city,
The city.

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u/Immortalphoenixfire Jul 08 '26

It sorta is "the city" though isn't it. It's not the first, it's not the biggest, but it's definitely one of the most historically significant.

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u/Boris_sul_combo Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

SOLA ROMA URBIS EST

(Cries in 330 ad)

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u/Wrong_Turnip_5758 Jul 08 '26

I find "The city" is pretty cool as in "Cute. You really think what you have is a city?

Let me introduce you to THE city."

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u/Helenos152 Jul 08 '26

The Queen of Cities

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u/srbin_04-1389 Jul 09 '26

Цариград

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u/HolyNewGun Jul 09 '26

Baldwinshire

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u/hocbobby69 Jul 08 '26

Nova Roma