Trabzon: History, Former Names & Timeline
A Greek colony on the southern Black Sea coast and capital of the Empire of Trebizond, the last remnant of Byzantium.
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Former names of Trabzon
| From | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 756 BC | Trapezous | |
| 1461 | Trabzon |
Timeline of Trabzon
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 400 BC | Xenophon's Ten Thousand reach the sea here |
| 1204 | The Komnenoi found the Empire of Trebizond |
| 1461 | Mehmed II takes Trebizond |
Who ruled Trabzon
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–324 BC | Achaemenid Empire |
| 323 BC–201 BC | Cappadocia |
| 200 BC–2 BC | minor states |
| 1 BC–299 | Roman Empire |
| 300–399 | Rome (Diocletianus) |
| 400–799 | Eastern Roman Empire |
| 800–1299 | Byzantine Empire |
| 1300–1491 | Trebizond |
| 1492–1919 | Ottoman Empire |
| 1920–1944 | Armenia |
| 1945–today | Turkey |