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This article is for the city of Byzantium. For the story, see Byzantium! For the spaceship, see Byzantium (ship).

Byzantium was an early Earth city that later came to be known as Constantinople and Istanbul. It became part of the Roman Empire.

The First Doctor visited the city in 64 AD. (PDA: Byzantium!)

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-'''Constantinople''' was a city located on [[Earth]], in [[Turkey]].
+:''This article is for the city of Byzantium. For the story, see [[Byzantium!]] For the spaceship, see [[Byzantium (ship)]].''
+'''Byzantium''' was an early [[Earth]] city that later came to be known as [[Constantinople]] and Istanbul. It became part of the [[Roman Empire]].
-In the [[Early human history#3rd century A.D.|3rd century]], [[the Doctor]] encountered [[Fenric]] in Constantinople, where he defeated him at [[chess]] and trapped him in a flask. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'')
+The [[Torchwood Institute]] believed that the [[sewer]]s of [[Early human history#4th century B.C.|fourth century]] Byzantium had a [[Weevil]] population. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'')
-During another visit (or possibly the same one), the Doctor bought a hookah, which he would later use as part of a ruse to evade the [[Chancellery Guard]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')
+The [[First Doctor]] visited the city in [[64]] AD. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'')
-In [[1914]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited Constantinople to locate and dispose of a malfunctioning [[Krivani]] interstellar drive. ([[ST]]: ''[[Ante Bellum]]'')
-Constantinople was later renamed '''Istanbul'''. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'')
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