Blurt!Commonplace Book

Constantinople

“Two of these names, Susaco and Londina, are of particular importance. Susaco — or Porto di Susacho — is found on the earliest charts, from the fourteenth century onwards, and is thought to involve the name ‘Saxons’, perhaps deriving from the Anglo-Saxon folk- and region-name ‘Sussex’ (the ‘South Saxons’).”

posted Aug. 9, 2022, 8:00pm