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Largest Cities once part of the Byzantine Empire

Try to guess the largest modern-day cities which were part of the Byzantine empire during the reign of Justinian in 555 AD.
By URBAN AREA population according to citypopulation.de, January 2024
Years controlled are approximate and may include gaps
Quiz by leecc2
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Population
Years controlled
City
22.5 m
395 – 641
Cairo
15.9 m
395 – 1453
Istanbul
6.20 m
395 – 641
Alexandria
6.10 m
540 – 569
Milan
6.00 m
395 – 634
Amman
5.15 m
395 – 1073
Ankara
4.25 m
534 – 698
Algiers
4.05 m
395 – 763
Naples
3.88 m
395 – 634
Damascus
3.58 m
395 – 1204
Athens
Population
Years controlled
City
3.43 m
536 – 731
Rome
3.00 m
395 – 1081
Izmir
2.95 m
395 – 634
Tel Aviv
2.70 m
534 – 698
Tunis
2.20 m
395 – 638
Gaza
2.18 m
395 – 1326
Bursa
1.94 m
395 – 634
Aleppo
1.90 m
395 – 635
Beirut
1.82 m
534 – 643
Tripoli
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12 Comments
vermiciousknid
+7
Level 90
Nov 27, 2020
Nice quiz.
Fianchetto
+3
Level 77
Mar 13, 2024
Congrats on the feature!
jack541
+1
Level 66
Mar 13, 2024
Agreed
Jiaozira
+7
Level 71
Mar 13, 2024
The added dates make it significantly more interesting. Great quiz!
Alexquiz17
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Level 92
Mar 14, 2024
So 395 represents the extent of Roman territory on the death of Emperor Theodosius, and the subsequent splitting of the empire into Eastern and Western parts.

534 shows Bellisarius on campaign in North Africa, followed by the re-capture of the Italian mainland a couple of years later.

By the end of the 7th Century all of their African and Levantine territories had been lost to the expanding Caliphate, leaving the remaining Italian cities to be captured by the Lombards.

So what does the blue font indicate? Apart from Athens, these cities are all in Anatolia, is it something to do with being conquered by the Ottomans?

Good quiz anyway…

Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Mar 14, 2024
There is no blue font. That was your mobile browser thinking those dates were a phone number.

I've now added spaces so that your browser won't do that.

Billy1970
+1
Level 58
Mar 24, 2024
Rome? Milan????
lydd
+1
Level 32
Apr 20, 2024
Woah, nice quiz! More challenging than expected. Loved it.
DenizYaman
+1
Level 55
May 17, 2024
4 cities from Anatolia!
Marli5
+1
Level 37
Sep 21, 2024
Hi, i would like to translate it to german because its a very good quiz
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Feb 13, 2025
The title should probably be "Biggest Cities once in the Byzantine Empire" to be consistent with the series.
In2restingFacts
+1
Level 24
Feb 28, 2025
the empires of yesteryear were pretty damn cool
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