Information about University of Constantinople

The University of Constantinople, sometimes known as the University of the palace hall of Magnaura in the Byzantine Empire was recognised as a University in 848<ref name="texor" />, although not considered a "degree-granting University".^[1] Like most early Universities, it had been an academic institution for many years before it was recognised as a University. The original institution was founded in the 5th century by the emperor Theodosius II.

The University included the Schools of Medicine, Philosophy, Law and Forestry.

At the time various economic schools, colleges, polytechnics, libraries and fine arts academies were also open in the city, making Constantinople the spiritual centre of the medieval world.

History

The original school was founded in 425 by Emperor Theodosius II with 31 chairs for Law, Philosophy, Medicine, Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, Music, Rhetoric and other subjects, 15 to Latin and 16 to Greek. The university existed until the 14th century.^[2]

Notable Faculty at the University of Constantinople

Leo the Mathematician taught Philosophy.
Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople taught Greek Philosophy.
Saint Constantine-Cyril
Theodoros taught Geometry.
Theodoghius taught Astronomy.
Kometas taught Greek Philology.

Notable Alumni of the University of Constantinople

Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria^[3]

References

1. ^ The Origin of Universities
2. ^ Myriobiblos
3. ^ Bulgaria.com

Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic).
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LAW may refer to:

Lightweight Anti-tank Weapon, like the M72 LAW (US Army) and the LAW 80 (British Army)
Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights (also known as LAW)
League of American Bicyclists, formerly known as the League of American Wheelmen

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Forestry is the art, science, and practice of studying and managing forests and plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests.
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Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three "ages": the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times.
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LAW may refer to:

Lightweight Anti-tank Weapon, like the M72 LAW (US Army) and the LAW 80 (British Army)
Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights (also known as LAW)
League of American Bicyclists, formerly known as the League of American Wheelmen

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Arithmetic or arithmetics (from the Greek word αριθμός = number) is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics, used by almost everyone, for tasks ranging from simple day-to-day counting to advanced science and business
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Geometry (Greek γεωμετρία; geo = earth, metria = measure) is a part of mathematics concerned with questions of size, shape, and relative position of figures and with properties of space. Geometry is one of the oldest sciences.
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Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere (such as the cosmic background radiation).
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Rhetoric (from Greek ῥήτωρ, rhêtôr, orator, teacher) is generally understood to be the art or technique of persuasion through the use of oral, visual, or written language; however, this definition of rhetoric
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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Ancient Greek refers to the second stage in the history of the Greek language^[1] as it existed during the Archaic (9th–6th centuries BC) and Classical (5th–4th centuries BC) periods in Greece.
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St. Photios I (also spelled Photius), or St. Photios the Great (Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios) (c. 820 – February 6, 893) was Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886.
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Saint Cyril (Greek: Κύριλλος, Church Slavonic: Кирилъ) (827 - February 14, 869) was a Byzantine Greek or Slavic^[1] monk, scholar, theologian, and linguist.
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Simeon I
Tsar of the Bulgarians and the Byzantines

Painting of Simeon the Great from Preslav
Reign 893–27 May 927
Born 864/865
Died 27 May 927
Predecessor Vladimir
Successor Peter I
Consort
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Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, Konstantinoúpolis, or Πόλις, Polis
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Byzantine university refers to higher education during the era of the Byzantine empire.

The medieval Greek world had no autonomous and continuing institutions of higher learning comparable to the universities of the later Middle Ages in Western Europe, but higher education
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