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Byzantium
At the same time the Rhodians went to
Rhodian and Byzantium war, 220-219 B.C.
war with the Byzantines, for reasons which I
must now describe.
As far as the sea is concerned, Byzantium occupies a positionAdvantages of the situation of ByzaByzantium war, 220-219 B.C.
war with the Byzantines, for reasons which I
must now describe.
As far as the sea is concerned, Byzantium occupies a positionAdvantages of the situation of Byzantium.
the most secure and in every way the most
advantageous of any town in our quarter of the
world: while in regard to the land, its situation
is in both respects the most unfavourable. By sea it so completely commands the entrance to the Pontus,Byzantium occupies a positionAdvantages of the situation of Byzantium.
the most secure and in every way the most
advantageous of any town in our quarter of the
world: while in regard to the land, its situation
is in both respects the most unfavourable. By sea it so completely commands the entrance to the Pontus, that no merchant
can sail in or out against its will. The Pontus therefore
being rich in what the rest of the world requires for the
support of life, the Byzantines are absolute masters of all such
things. For those commodities which are the first Byzantium.
the most secure and in every way the most
advantageous of any town in our quarter of the
world: while in regard to the land, its situation
is in both respects the most unfavourable. By sea it so completely commands the entrance to the Pontus, that no merchant
can sail in or out against its will. The Pontus therefore
being rich in what the rest of the world requires for the
support of life, the Byzantines are absolute masters of all such
things. For those commodities which are the first necessaries
of existence, cattle and slaves, are confessedly supplied by the
districts round the Pontus in greater profusion, and of better
quality, than by any others: and for luxuries, they supply us with
honey, wax, and salt-fish in great abundan
The Site of Byzantium
I must now return to the discussion of the excellence
Site Byzantium.
of the site of Byzantium. The length of the
channel connecting the Pontus and Propontis
being, as I have sByzantium.
of the site of Byzantium. The length of the
channel connecting the Pontus and Propontis
being, as I have said, a hundred and twenty
stades, and Hieron marking its termination towards the
Pontus, and the Strait of Byzantium that towards the Propontis,
—half-way between these, on the European side, stands Byzantium. The length of the
channel connecting the Pontus and Propontis
being, as I have said, a hundred and twenty
stades, and Hieron marking its termination towards the
Pontus, and the Strait of Byzantium that towards the Propontis,
—half-way between these, on the European side, stands Hermaeum, on a headland jutting out into the channel, about
five stades from the Asiatic coast, just at the narrowest point
of the whole channel; where Darius is said to
have made his bridge of shipsByzantium that towards the Propontis,
—half-way between these, on the European side, stands Hermaeum, on a headland jutting out into the channel, about
five stades from the Asiatic coast, just at the narrowest point
of the whole channel; where Darius is said to
have made his bridge of ships across the strait,
when he crossed to invade Scythia. B.C. 512. In the rest of the channel
the running of the current from the Pontus is much the same,
owing to the similarity of the coast formation have first stood after swimming
the channel. Finally the current runs from the Cow right up
to Byzantium, and dividing into two streams on either side of the
city, the lesser part of it forms the gul<
Contrast between Byzantium and Calchedon
What then makes Byzantium a most excellent site, and
Calchedon the reverse, is justByzantium a most excellent site, and
Calchedon the reverse, is just this: and although at first sight
both positions seem equally convenient, the practical fact is
that it is difficult to sail ertion is this: those who want to cross from Calchedon to
Byzantium cannot sail straight across the channel, but coast up
to
the current, which carries them as a matter of course to
Byzantium. And the same is the case with a voyage on
either side of Byzantium. For if a man is running before a
south wind from the Hellespont, or to the Hellespont from the
Pontus before the between Abydos and Sestos, and thence also back
again to Byzantium: but if he goes from Calchedon along the
Asiatic coast, t n obviate this by
keeping to the European coast as far as Byzantium, and then
striking across to Calchedon; for the current a these voyages. These,
then, are the advantages enjoyed by Byzantium in regard to
the sea: I must now describe its disadvantag
Disadvantages of Byzantium On Land
They consist in the fact that its territory is so completely
hemmed in by Thrace from shore to shore, that the
Byzantines have a perpetual and dangerous
war continually on hand with the Thracians. Disadvantages of Byzantium.
For they are unable once for all to arm and
repel them by a single decisive battle, owing to the number
of their people and chiefs,
three others still more formidable invade their territory. Nor
again do they gain anything by consenting to pay tribute
and make terms; for a concession of any sort to one brings at
once five times as many enemies upon them. Therefore, as I
say, they are burdened by a perpetual and dangerous war: for
what can be more hazardous or more formidable than a war
with barbarians living on your borders? Nay, it is not only
this perpetual struggle with danger on land, but, apart from the
evils that always accompany war, they have to endure a misery
like that ascribed by the poets to Tantalus: for being in
Byzantium, The Gauls, And Rhodians
These Gauls had left their country with Brennus, and
The Gauls, B. C. 279.
having survived the battle at Delphi and made
their way to the Hellespont, instead of crossing to Asia, were captivated by the beauty
of the district round Byzantium, and settled there. Then,
having conquered the Thracians and erected TyleOr Tylis, according to Stephanos Byz., who says it was near the Haemus.
Perhaps the modern Kilios. into
a capital, they placed the Byzantines in extrByzantium, and settled there. Then,
having conquered the Thracians and erected TyleOr Tylis, according to Stephanos Byz., who says it was near the Haemus.
Perhaps the modern Kilios. into
a capital, they placed the Byzantines in extreme danger. In
their earlier attacks, made under the command of Comontorius
their first king, the Byzantines always bought them off by
presents amounting to three, or five, or sometimes even ten
thousand gold pieces, on condition of their not devastating
their territory: and at last were compelled to agree to pay
them a yearly tribute of eighty talents, until the time of Cavarus,
in whose reign their kingdom came to an end; and their whole
tribe, being in their turn conquered by the Thracians,
Byzantium, Rhodes, and Prusias Treaties
But seeing the confident spirit of the Byzantines, the
The Rhodians secure the friendship of Achaeus.
Rhodians adopted an exceedingly able plan to
obtain their object. They perceived that the
resolution of the Byzantines in venturing on
the war rested mainly on their hopes of the
support of Achaeus. Now they knew that the father of
Achaeus was detained at Alexandria, and that Achaeus was
exceedingly anxious for his father's safety: they therefore hit
upon the idea of sending an embassy to Ptolemy, and asking
him to deliver this Andromachus to them. This request,
indeed, they had before made, but without laying any great
stress upon it: now, however, they were genuinely anxious for
it; that, by doing this favour to Achaeus, they might lay him
under such an obligation to them, that he would be unable to
refuse any request they might make to him. When the
ambassadors arrived, Ptolemy at first deliberated as to detaining Andromachus; because there