Χαλκηδών

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Greek colony ancient city settlement

Χαλκηδών is the ancient Greek name for Chalcedon, a historic city located on the Asian side of the Bosporus opposite Byzantium (modern Istanbul).

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Label Occurrences
Χαλκηδών canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
adjacentSea Black Sea via Bosporus ⓘ
Sea of Marmara ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
councilSignificance defined Christological doctrine in Christianity ⓘ
councilYear 451 ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
foundedBy Megara ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion Western Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Anatolia
historicalEra Byzantine period ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Classical Antiquity

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
knownFor proximity to Byzantium ⓘ
strategic position on the Bosporus ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Bithynia ⓘ
Marmara Region ⓘ
locatedNear Sea of Marmara ⓘ
locatedOn Asian side of the Bosporus ⓘ
locatedOpposite Byzantium ⓘ
Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Istanbul ⓘ
modernCountry Turkey ⓘ
modernPartOf Kadıköy ⓘ
nameInEnglish Chalcedon ⓘ
nameInLatin Chalcedon ⓘ
nearbyCity Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
surface form: Nicomedia
oppositeContinent Europe ⓘ
oppositeShoreFrom European side of the Bosporus ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus ⓘ
surface form: Province of Bithynia et Pontus

Roman Empire ⓘ
presentDayDistrictOf Istanbul ⓘ
presentDayName Kadıköy ⓘ
regionHistoric Bithynia ⓘ
religiousCouncilType ecumenical council site ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
siteOf Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
strategicRole control of access between Black Sea and Aegean Sea ⓘ
urbanType port city ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
waterway Bosporus ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chalcedon → ancientName → Χαλκηδών ⓘ