Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities — Season 1, Episode 1: From Byzantium to Constantinople
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 7.5/10
Episode synopsis
Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at Istanbul's Greek roots, its transformation into the capital of a Christian empire and reveals how clashes forced eastern and western churches apart.
About Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities
Simon Sebag Montefiore uncovers the three identities of the city some call the Centre of the World: Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul. This one metropolis has been the capital city of three empires - Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman. Each brought its own faiths, Gods and traditions, and each left its mark on the city in its architecture, traditions and in the living faith-communities who still populate this vast modern metropolis of 14 million people.