The Straits from Troy to Constantinople: The Ancient History of the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara & Bosporos

The fascinating history of this pivotal region from the Trojan War to Byzantion's refounding as Constantinople, the new capital of the Roman Empire.

In ancient times, the series of waterways now known as the Turkish Straits, comprising the Dardanelles (or Hellespont), Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus, formed both a divide and a bridge between Europe and Asia. Its western and eastern entrances were guarded, at different times, by two of the most fabled cities of all time: respectively Troy (in...