Sykai
Sykai or Sycae, later known as Justinianae or Ioustinianai and Justinianopolis or Ioustinianoupolis, was a town of ancient Thrace, a suburb of Byzantium/Constantinople, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1][2]
For the town of ancient Cilicia, see Sykai (Cilicia).
Its site is located near Galata in European Turkey.[1][3]
References
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 53, and directory notes accompanying.
- "Galata (Pera)". The Byzantine Legacy. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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