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The Lycus reached the walls of Constantinople between the gates of Carisius and St. Romanus (corresponding to modern Edirnekapı and Topkapı), just south of the Fifth Military Gate, passed under the walls and entered the city. [1] At that point a tower, now known as "Sulukule," meaning "water tower", protected the river.
Lycus (river of Phrygia), a historical river, a tributary of the Maeander; Lycus (river of Pontus), modern Kelkit, a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey and the longest tributary of the Yeşil River; Platani (river), a river of Sicily, was sometimes also called the Lycus. Lycus (river of Constantinople), a stream on the Byzantine peninsula ...
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From there the wall descends into the valley of the river Lycus, where it reaches its lowest point at 35 m above sea level. Climbing the slope of the Sixth Hill, the wall then rises up to the Gate of Charisius or Gate of Adrianople, at some 76 m height. [38] From the Gate of Adrianople to the Blachernae, the walls fall to a level of some 60 m.
Limonlu River; Lycus (river of Constantinople) Lycus (river of Phrygia) M. Machakhelistsqali; Manavgat River; Maritsa; Melendiz River; River Meles; Mert River ...
Map of Constantinople during the Byzantine era Steelyard weight found in the Port of Theodosius. The Harbour of Eleutherios (Medieval Greek: λιμήν Ἐλευθερίου), originally known as the Harbour of Theodosius (Latin: Portus Theodosiacus, Ancient Greek: λιμήν Θεοδοσίου) was one of the ports of ancient Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, located ...
The inscription includes the words "Lyco Flumen", which provided scholars such as Edward Robinson to conclude that the Nahr el-Kalb was the ancient Lycus river. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Two of the inscriptions are in Greek, one of which still can be read as commemorating road or engineering work left by Proclus, Byzantine governor of Phoenicia in 382 AD ...
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