Chalcedon

Chalcedon

Chalcedon ranks 3,706th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Trappes, Manhattan Beach, California, and Ecbatana. Memorable people born in Chalcedon include Xenocrates, Herophilos, and Thrasymachus. Memorable people who died in Chalcedon include Belisarius, Constantine III, and Euphemia. Chalcedon has been the birth place of many philosophers, and physicians and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Chalcedon is located in Türkiye.

Chalcedon was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. It was located almost directly opposite Byzantium, south of Scutari and it is now a district of the city of Istanbul named Kadıköy. The name Chalcedon is a variant of Calchedon, found on all the coins of the town as well as in manuscripts of Herodotus's Histories, Xenophon's Hellenica, Arrian's Anabasis, and other works. Except for the Maiden's Tower, almost no above-ground vestiges of the ancient city survive in Kadıköy today; artifacts uncovered at Altıyol and other excavation sites are on display at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Read more on Wikipedia