Tarasios
TARASIOS (c. 730–806), patriarch of Constantinople from 784 to 806. Tarasios was born to a prominent family in Constantinople. His father, Georgios, had served as a judge and prefect (...
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It was built on the Greek City of Byzantium on the shores of the Bosporus in the Byzantine Empire. Emperor Constantine built the city because of defensive reasons; it had an excellent strategic locati...
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