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:''This article is for the city of Byzantium. For the story, see [[Byzantium!]] For the spaceship, see [[Byzantium (ship)]].'' | :''This article is for the city of Byzantium. For the story, see [[Byzantium!]] For the spaceship, see [[Byzantium (ship)]].'' | ||
'''Istanbul''' was the name used by at least the later half of the [[20th century]] for an [[Earth]] city which had previously been known as '''Constantinople''', and before that '''Byzantium'''. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | '''Istanbul''' was the name used by at least the later half of the [[20th century]] for an [[Earth]] city which had previously been known as '''Constantinople''', and before that, '''Byzantium'''. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | ||
==Byzantium== | ==Byzantium== | ||
:''[[Byzantium (city)]] directs here. You may be looking for [[Byzantium | :''[[Byzantium (city)]] directs here. You may be looking for [[Byzantium|other, similarly-named things]]. | ||
''Byzantium'' was the most ancient known name of the city. | ''Byzantium'' was the most ancient known name of the city. | ||
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In the [[BC#4th century B.C.|4th century]] [[BC]]], the city's [[sewer]]s had a [[Weevil]] population, according to the [[Torchwood Institute]]. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') | In the [[BC#4th century B.C.|4th century]] [[BC]]], the city's [[sewer]]s had a [[Weevil]] population, according to the [[Torchwood Institute]]. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') | ||
''Byzantium'' remained the name of the city around the time of [[Jesus Christ]]. The [[First Doctor]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] and [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] visited the city in [[64]] [[AD]], and found it to be a city struggling with three groups vying for power: the [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[Pharisees]], the [[Roman Empire]] and the adherents of the fledgling [[Christainity|Christian]] religion. ([[PDA]: ''[[Byzantium]]'') | ''Byzantium'' remained the name of the city around the time of [[Jesus Christ]]. The [[First Doctor]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] and [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] visited the city in [[64]] [[AD]], and found it to be a city struggling with three groups vying for power: the [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[Pharisees]], the [[Roman Empire]] and the adherents of the fledgling [[Christainity|Christian]] religion. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium]]'') | ||
Byzantium begat [[New Byzantium]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] once told [[Ace]] that he thought [[New Byzantium]] stole the name because the two cities had a similar geography, both cities being set "on an [[isthmus]] of land, cut through by a [[strait]] linking two [[sea]]s". ([[NA]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | Byzantium begat [[New Byzantium]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] once told [[Ace]] that he thought [[New Byzantium]] stole the name because the two cities had a similar geography, both cities being set "on an [[isthmus]] of land, cut through by a [[strait]] linking two [[sea]]s". ([[NA]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | ||
