Chronologie de Byzantine

7000 av. J.-C. – 2000 apr. J.-C. · 46 sites

Byzantium is the Roman state continuing from Constantinople: churches, walls, and refortified older cities from the Balkans to Anatolia. Many Atlas “Roman” sites have a second, medieval chapter under this civilization tag.

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Most-Visited Ancient Site in the World

Troy

3000 av. J.-C. – 500 apr. J.-C.

Nine settlement layers at Hisarlık in northwestern Türkiye, where Heinrich Schliemann dug for Homer's Troy and archaeologists still debate which level matches a historical war. UNESCO listed the site in 1998; renewed interest from epic film adaptations keeps new visitors comparing poetry with stone.

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Oldest City in Jordan

Petra

300 av. J.-C. – 700 apr. J.-C.

Petra, the Nabataean capital from ~300 BCE to 700 CE, is famed for its rock-cut tombs and sophisticated water system, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New Seven Wonders.

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Longest Continuously Occupied Site in Croatia

Dubrovnik Old Town

600 apr. J.-C. – 1808 apr. J.-C.

The walled marble city on the Adriatic — capital of the maritime Republic of Ragusa for centuries — whose intact ramparts, Stradun, and Renaissance palaces make it one of Europe's most visited historic cities and a UNESCO masterpiece of late-medieval urban design.

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Most-Visited Ancient Site in Africa

Carthage

814 av. J.-C. – 700 apr. J.-C.

Ancient Phoenician city-state that became Rome's greatest rival, later reborn as a Roman metropolis, embodying over a millennium of Mediterranean history.

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Ephesus

1000 av. J.-C. – 700 apr. J.-C.

Major Ionian city near modern Selçuk, once home to the Temple of Artemis and later a Roman metropolis of marble streets, terrace houses, and the Library of Celsus. Paul's epistles and pilgrimage routes kept Ephesus famous after the ancient harbour silted away.

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Oldest City in Israel

Old City of Jerusalem

1000 av. J.-C. – 1900 apr. J.-C.

The walled heart of Jerusalem — roughly one square kilometre sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam — where the Western Wall, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and Dome of the Rock stand within Ottoman-era ramparts and layers of Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine, and medieval archaeology.

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Meteora

1100 apr. J.-C. – 1900 apr. J.-C.

A forest of sandstone pinnacles in Thessaly, Greece — crowned by Byzantine and post-Byzantine monasteries reached by stairs and bridges — among the most dramatic religious landscapes in Europe and a UNESCO site drawing millions of visitors and pilgrims.

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Derinkuyu

800 av. J.-C. – 1923 apr. J.-C.

The deepest known underground city in the world, extending 85 meters below the surface with 18 levels. It could shelter approximately 20,000 people along with livestock and food stores.

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Ani

500 apr. J.-C. – 1400 apr. J.-C.

A medieval Armenian capital on the Turkish-Armenian border, once home to over 100,000 people. Its ruins include magnificent churches, mosques, and fortifications spanning centuries of multicultural history.

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Antioch (Antakya)

300 av. J.-C. – 1268 apr. J.-C.

One of the four great cities of the ancient world and a cradle of early Christianity. Antioch's extraordinary mosaics rival those of Pompeii, and its layered history spans Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic civilizations.

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Oldest City in Libya

Leptis Magna

700 av. J.-C. – 650 apr. J.-C.

Leptis Magna, a UNESCO World Heritage site on Libya's coast, was a major Phoenician then Roman city, reaching its zenith under Emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193–211 CE).

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Known by the Most Names in Israel

Caesarea Maritima

22 av. J.-C. – 1265 apr. J.-C.

Herod the Great’s purpose-built Roman port on the Sharon coast, with the harbour of Sebastos, a theatre, hippodrome, and aqueduct. A 2025 Haifa–Malta photogrammetric survey of the drowned harbour mouth shows two building phases and a channel still deep enough for ships.

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