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Ancient Greek city on the Bosphorus (modern
Istanbul), founded as a colony of the Greek
city of Megara, near Corinth, about 660 BC.
In AD 330 the capital of the Roman Empire was
transferred there by Constantine the Great,
who renamed it Constantinople.