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Byzantine cities are cities that can be founded by the Byzantine civilization in Civilization VI and its expansions. The first city founded is the Capital Capital, and the names of future cities are chosen at random from the list below.

The names listed are default names; players can change their cities' names if they choose.

List of cities[]

City Name Notes
Capital Capital
Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις) Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Cities
Thessalonica (Θεσσαλονίκη) Capital of the Theme of Thessalonica
Adrianople (Αδριανούπολις) Capital of the Theme of Macedonia
Nicaea (Νίκαια) Capital of the Theme of Opsikion
Antioch (Ἀντιόχεια) Capital of the Theme of Antiochia; formerly a city-state
Nicomedia (Νικομήδεια) Capital of the Optimatoi Theme
Trebizond (Τραπεζούντα) Capital of the Theme of Chaldia
Ancyra (Ἄγκυρα) Capital of the Bucellarian Theme
Edessa (Ἔδεσσα) City conquered by the Caliphate which later became a Crusader state
Sinope (Σινώπη) City in the Armeniac Theme
Amaseia (Ἀμάσεια) Capital of the Armeniac Theme
Cherson (Χερσών) Capital of the Theme of Cherson
Dyrrachium (Δυρράχιον) Capital of the Theme of Dyrrachion
Nicopolis (Νικόπολις) City in the Theme of Nicopolis, also a city in the Theme of Koloneia
Seleucia (Σελευκεία) Capital of the Theme of Seleucia
Iconium (Ἰκόνιον) City in the Anatolic Theme
Melitene (Μελιτηνή) Capital of the Curatorship of Melitene
Bari (Βάρι) City in Italy contested by the Lombards, Romans, Arabs and Franks
Dorylaeum (Δορύλαιον) City in the Theme of Opsikion
Amorium (Ἀμόριον) Capital of the Anatolic Theme
Koloneia (Κολώνεια) Capital of the Theme of Koloneia
Tyana (Τυανα) Capital of the Theme of Cappadocia
Attalea (Ἀττάλεια) Capital of the Cibyrrhaeot Theme
Sebasteia (Σεβάστεια) Capital of the Theme of Sebasteia
Theodosiopolis (Θεοδοσιούπολις) Capital of the Theme of Iberia
Mesembria (Μεσημβρία) City in the Theme of Thracia
Arcadiopolis (Ἀρκαδιούπολις) Capital of the Theme of Thracia
Mount Athos (Όρος Άθως) Mountain and monastic community in the Chalcidice Peninsula
Dorystolon (Δοροστολον) Capital of the Theme of Paristrion
Zara Italian name of Zadar, capital of the Theme of Dalmatia, known to the Byzantines as Jadera (Ιαδερα)

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