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'''Chalcedon''' ( Greek Χαλκηδών, sometimes [[transliteration|transliterated]] by purists as ''Chalkedon'') was an ancient maritime town of [[Bithynia]], in [[Asia Minor]], almost directly opposite [[Byzantium]], south of [[Scutari]] (modern Üsküdar).

It was a [[Megara|Megarian]] colony founded on a site so obviously inferior to that which was within view on the opposite shore, that it received from the oracle the name of "the City of the Blind."

In its early history it shared the fortunes of Byzantium, was taken by the satrap Otanes, vacillated long between the [[Sparta|Lacedaemonian]] and the [[Athens|Athenian]] interests, and was at last bequeathed to the Roman Republic by [[Attalus III]] of [[Pergamos]] ([[133 BC|133 b.c.]]).

It was partly destroyed by Mithradates, but recovered during the Empire, and in [[451]] CE was the location of the [[Council of Chalcedon]].

It fell under the repeated attacks of the barbarian hordes who crossed over after having ravaged Byzantium, and furnished an encampment to the Persians under [[Khosrau I of Persia|Chosroes]], c. [[616]]-[[626]]. The Turks used it as a quarry for building materials for [[Constantinople]].

To the south are the ruins of [[Panteichion]] (mod. Pendik), where [[Belisarius]] is said to have lived in retirement.

The name of the mineral chalcedony is derived from that of this town.

It now called Kadikoy.

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−	'''Chalcedon''' ( Greek Χαλκηδών, sometimes ~~[[transliteration\|~~transliterated]] by purists as ''Chalkedon'') was an ancient maritime town of [[Bithynia]], in [[Asia Minor]], almost directly opposite [[Byzantium]], south of [[Scutari]] (modern Üsküdar).	+	'''Chalcedon''' ( Greek Χαλκηδών, sometimes transliterated by purists as ''Chalkedon'') was an ancient maritime town of [[Bithynia]], in [[Asia Minor]], almost directly opposite [[Byzantium]], south of [[Scutari]] (modern Üsküdar).

	It was a [[Megara\|Megarian]] colony founded on a site so obviously inferior to that which was within view on the opposite shore, that it received from the oracle the name of "the City of the Blind."		It was a [[Megara\|Megarian]] colony founded on a site so obviously inferior to that which was within view on the opposite shore, that it received from the oracle the name of "the City of the Blind."