Plausibility Check: Great City at Sedd el Bahr

Constantinople, as I understand it, succeeded because of its superb position straddling the Hellespont, through which flowed Greece's food supply. Would it be possible for the city to be at the other chokepoint of the Sea of Marmara, i.e. a few miles down the coast from Gallipoli?
 
One potential problem is that that region isn't as hospitable as the Byzantium region - there are mountains not too far away, limiting farming space. Additionally, there was no major pre-existing settlement here, stifling development. The start was also not as narrow here, lessening defensive advantages. Overall, the problem is that Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul is simply the best option for a city bridging Thrace and Asia Minor, making it hard to get anyone to build in a worse location. Finally, even if a city was built on the peninsula, it would be built at Canakkale due to the strait being narrower there.
 
There was such a city there - on the Asian side. It got destroyed over a misunderstanding about a woman and a horse. Or possibly a woman who looked like a horse - the ancient accounts are ambiguous.
 
There was such a city there - on the Asian side. It got destroyed over a misunderstanding about a woman and a horse. Or possibly a woman who looked like a horse - the ancient accounts are ambiguous.

Ah, yes, the famous topless bars, I mean towers. Or course, if that city were to grow from Small to Large, it would have to be Colon-ized....
 
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