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Sykai

Sycae, later known as Justinianae (Ίουστινιάναι) and Justinianopolis (Ίουστινιανούπολις), was a town of ancient Thrace, a suburb of Byzantium-Constantinople, that was inhabited during the Roman and Byzantine empires.

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Sycae (Greek: Συκαί), later known as Justinianae (Ίουστινιάναι) and Justinianopolis (Ίουστινιανούπολις), was a town of ancient Thrace, a suburb of Byzantium-Constantinople, that was inhabited during the Roman and Byzantine empires.12

Its site is located near the neighborhood of Galata in Karaköy, East Thrace (European Turkey).13

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References

  1. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  2. "Galata (Pera)". The Byzantine Legacy. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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