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Sykai

Coordinates: 41°01′23″N 28°58′23″E / 41.023019°N 28.972982°E / 41.023019; 28.972982
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For the town of ancient Cilicia, see Sykai (Cilicia).

Sykai or Sycae, later known as Justinianae or Ioustinianai and Justinianopolis or Ioustinianoupolis, was a town of ancient Thrace, a suburb of Byzantium/Constantinople, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1]

Its site is located near Galata in European Turkey.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 53, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

41°01′23″N 28°58′23″E / 41.023019°N 28.972982°E / 41.023019; 28.972982

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