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It was a Megarian colony founded on a site so obviously inferior to that which was within view on the opposite shore, that it received from the oracle the name of "the City of the Blind."

In its early history it shared the fortunes of Byzantium, was taken by the satrap Otanes, vacillated long between the Lacedaemonian and the Athenian interests, and was at last bequeathed to the Romans by Attalus III of Pergamum ( 133 b.c.).

It was partly destroyed by Mithradates, but recovered during the Empire, and in AD. 451 was the location of the Council of ChalcedonThe Council of Chalcedon was an ecumenical council that took place from October 8- November 1, 451 A. D at Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor. It is the fourth of the first seven Ecumenical Councils in Christianity, and is therefore recognized as.

It fell under the repeated attacks of the barbarianBarbarian was originally a term applied to a foreigner, one not sharing a recognized culture or degree of polish with the speaker or writer employing the term. The word derives from the Greek, and expresses with mocking duplication ("bar-bar") alleged att hordes who crossed over after having ravaged Byzantium, and furnished an encampment to the PersiansPersia is the historical name for the state of Iran. The name was used in the West due to the ancient Greek name for Iran, Persis''. Persia is used to describe the nation of Iran, its people, or its ancient empire. The name Persia comes from a province in under ChosroesKhosrau I "the Blessed" Anushirvan , ( 531 579) was the favourite son and successor of Kavadh I, and the most famous of the Sassanid kings. According to one account, Khosrau was the Kavadh's son through a peasant girl, and was originally considered unwort, c. 616Events The Persians capture Alexandria. Eadbald succeeds Ethelbert as king of Kent. Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeats the army of Powys. Aethelfrith meets Raedwald and the army of East Anglia in the Battle of the River Idle, is slain by Raedwald, which e- 626Events July 2 In the early morning, Li Shimin, the future Emperor Tang Taizong of China, eliminated two of his brothers, Li Yuanji and the crown prince Li Jiancheng in a coup d'etat at the Xuanwu Gate in Chang'an. September 3 Emperor Gaozu of Tang China a. The TurksThe Ottoman Turks were the ethnic subdivision of the Turkic people who dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans were first known to the west in 1227, when they fled the Mongol Empire into the Seljuk Empire in what is now called Anato used it as a quarry for building materials for ConstantinopleConstantinople (Roman name: Constantinopolis; Greek: Konstantinoupolis or ) is the former name of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Its original name was Byzantium ( Greek: Byzantion or Bυζαντιο&nu pronounced roughly B.

To the south are the ruins of Panteichion (mod. Pendik), where Belisarius is said to have lived in retirement.

The name of the mineral chalcedony is derived from that of this town.

It is today Kadiköy, a district of Istanbul, Turkey.