Melantias (Greek: Μελαντιάς), often also Melantiada, Melentiana, Melitias, or Melitiada,[1] was a settlement in Eastern Thrace in Roman and Byzantine times, near the city of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey).
[1] In the 18th century, it was erroneously localized at Kınıklı, west of Silivri;[2] Konrad Miller located it not at Hoşköy, but at Yarımburgaz further east.
[1] Due to its location on one of the main roads leading to Byzantion/Constantinople, the village is mentioned in the late Roman itineraries such as the Tabula Peutingeriana or the Ravenna Cosmography.
[1] As a suburb of Constantinople, Melantias is often mentioned in conjunction with enemy raids or invasions targeting the imperial capital.
Thus according to Michael the Syrian the town was raided by the Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great in 486/87,[1] while Agathias records that the Kutrigurs under Zabergan camped there in 558/89, shortly before they were defeated and driven back by Belisarius in the Battle of Melantias.