In the succeeding centuries Byzantium, like the cities of the Aegean, fell under the sway of Athens, Sparta, Persia, Alexander, and Rome.
Byzantium would be ruled by at least five different states over the next few hundred years.
uh-huh uh-huh the reason i'm asking is because i have a dear dear friend whose father was alcoholic and at fifty she and she was an only child at fifty she's still still having a lot of difficulty in her relationship with her husband that she feels stems from how she was treated by her father