Byzantine cities (Civ4)

Byzantine cities are cities that can be founded by the Byzantine civilization in Civilization IV and its expansions. The first city founded is the capital, and the names of future cities are chosen in the order they appear on the list below.
The names listed are default names; players can change their cities' names if they choose.
== List of cities ==
Founding Order	City Name 	Notes
1 	Constantinople 	Capital of the Western Roman Empire (330/395-1453), and the world's most populous city in the Middle Ages; present-day Istanbul
2 	Thessalonica 	2nd city of the empire, 2nd city of present Greece (Thessaloniki); formerly a Greek city
3 	Adrianople 	Major religious and administrative centre in European Turkey (Edirne)
4 	Nicaea 	Major economic, religious centre and military outpost in west Turkey (Iznik)
5 	Antioch 	Name of 2 major religious centres in central Turkey and Syria
6 	Nicomedia 	Important trade city and pre-Byzantine East Roman capital in Turkey (Izmit); formerly a Roman city
7 	Angora 	Major military and trading centre and summer capital in Turkey (Ankara)
8 	Trebizond 	Major trade city and capital of post-Byzantine empire (Trapzon)
9 	Iconium 	Major religious centre in central Turkey (Konya)
10 	Laodicea 	Major trade and religious city in west Turkey; name of 5 other Byz cities
11 	Dorylaeum 	Major religious and trading centre in central Turkey (Eskisehir)
12 	Amorium 	Major religious centre and military outpost in west Turkey
13 	Philippopolis 	Administrative and infrastructural centre in present Bulgaria (Plovdiv)
14 	Mistra 	Late capital of Achaea, prosperous late-Byzantine city, royal seat (Mystras)
15 	Dyrrachium 	Major port city and military outpost in present Albania (Durrës/Durazzo)
16 	Edessa 	Name of 2 religious centres in Mesopotamia/east Turkey and north Greece
17 	Heraclea 	Name of 2 major ports near Byz: on Marmara (Perinthus) & Black Sea (Eregli)
18 	Theodosiopolis 	Name of 2 major cities in European Turkey (Arpos) and east Turkey (Erzurum)
19 	Odessos 	Important city in present Bulgaria, on Black Sea coast (Varna)
20 	Mesembria 	Important military outpost of Byzantium in Bulgaria on Black Sea (Nesebar)
21 	Sardica 	Important religious and administrative centre in Bulgaria (Sofia)
22 	Ragusa 	Important port city in present Croatia (Dubrovnik)
23 	Philippi 	Important religious and trade centre in early Byzantine times in N Greece
24 	Justinianopolis	Strategically important Greek border town between Byz and Epirus (Kastoria)
25 	Ioannina 	Important late-Byzantine economic, cultural and science centre in W Greece
26 	Cephalonia 	Important administrative centre of the Ionian islands on Kefalonia (W Greece)
27 	Selymbria 	Important Marmara port and military outpost in European Turkey (Silivri)
28 	Callipolis 	Strategically important military outpost and city on the Gallipoli peninsula
29 	Chandax 	Capital of Crete during late Byzantine times (Iraklion)
30 	Lefkosia 	Capital of Cyprus from Byzantine times onward (Nicosia)
31 	Famagusta 	Most important port of Byzantine Cyprus
32 	Bari 	Major early Byzantine city and administrative centre in Italy
33 	Otranto 	Major early Byzantine city in Italy
34 	Chalcedon 	Important early Byzantine city, now an Asian suburb of Istanbul
35 	Neocaesarea 	Important administrative centre in eastern Turkey (Niksar)
36 	Metilene 	Important agricultural centre in central Turkey (Malatya)
37 	Seleucia 	Name of many Byz cities, important religious city in SE Turkey (Mopsuestia)
38 	Sebastea 	Important religious centre in east-central Turkey (Sivas)
39 	Attalia 	Important early Byzantine city on south coast of Turkey (Antalya)
40 	Myra 	Important trade and religious centre on south coast of Turkey
41 	Gangra 	Important religious, administrative city in north central Turkey (Cankiri)
42 	Ochryd 	Important Byzantine city along the Via Egnatia in Macedonia (Ohrid)
43 	Buthrotum 	Important religious and military outpost in Albania (Butrint)
44 	Naissus 	Important Roman city in Serbia, frequently changed owner afterwards (Nish)
45 	Cherson 	Important city on the Crimea, early Byzantine possession (Chersonesos)
== See also ==
* Byzantine cities in other games
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