Istanbul

Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261), and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires. It was reinaugurated in 324 AD from ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and dedicated on 11 May 330 AD.

Building the Iguanodon

The earliest dinosaurs to be unearthed in the nineteenth century were merely fragments—parts of animals that walked the earth millions of years ago. Nonetheless, these fragments inspired the Victorian imagination to construct creatures that terrified and awed the public. This timeline traces the creation of one of the most prominent Victorian dinosaurs—the Iguanodon.

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