Byzantium is an ancient Greek city, later renamed Constantinople and then Istanbul. Byzantium may also refer to:

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* ''Byzantium'' (album), by Deep Blue Something *

Byzantium (band) Byzantium were an English psychedelic music band of the 1970s who released three albums and performed one Peel Session. They are perhaps best remembered for their role in the early careers of Shane Fontayne, Chaz Jankel and Robin Sylvester. ...

, an English band of the 1970s * ''Byzantium'' (film), a 2012 vampire film * ''Byzantium'' (play), a 1904 historical play by Ferenc Herczeg *''Byzantium'', a starship on the ''Doctor Who'' episode "

The Time of Angels "The Time of Angels" is the fourth episode of the fifth series of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on 24 April 2010 on BBC One. It is the first episode of a two-part story written by showr ...

" *'' Byzantium!'', a ''Doctor Who'' novel by Keith Topping *''Byzantium'', a novel by Stephen R. Lawhead *''Byzantium'', title of season 14, episode 8, of '' Supernatural'' *''Byzantium'', a poem by

W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...

, published in ''

The Winding Stair and Other Poems ''The Winding Stair'' is a volume of poems by Irish poet W. B. Yeats, published in 1933. It was the next new volume after 1928's ''The Tower''. (The title poem was originally published in 1929 by Fountain Press in a signed limited edition, whi ...

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Byzantium (color) The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple ( hue rendering), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter ...

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

, sometimes referred to as Byzantium, the medieval Eastern Roman Empire (330–1453), of which Constantinople was the capital *'' MV Byzantium'', a Cypriot cargo ship

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