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The Outer Wall and the wall of the moat are visible, with a tower of the Inner Wall in the background. The double Theodosian Walls ( Greek : τεῖχος Θεοδοσιακόν , teichos Theodosiakon ), located about 2 km (1.2 miles) to the west of the old Constantinian Wall, were erected during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II ( r.
Theodosius II (Ancient Greek: Θεοδόσιος Theodosios; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450) was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. He was proclaimed Augustus as an infant and ruled as the Eastern Empire 's sole emperor after the death of his father, Arcadius , in 408.
The Hexamilion wall (Greek: Εξαμίλιον τείχος, "six-mile wall") was a defensive wall constructed across the Isthmus of Corinth, guarding the only land route onto the Peloponnese peninsula from mainland Greece. It was constructed between AD 408 and 450, under the reign of Theodosius II.
Theodosius II, sometimes nicknamed "the Younger", [3] became Eastern Roman Emperor at the age of seven following the death of his father Arcadius in 408. Praetorian Prefect Anthemius continued to act as a power behind the throne, during whose tenure the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople were completed.
Boukoleon palace was probably built during the reign of Theodosius II in the 5th century. [1] Emperor Theophilos rebuilt and expanded the palace, adding a large façade on top of the seaward walls and in 969 Emperor Nikephoros II built a circuit wall. [2]
Athonite tradition attributes the foundation of the monastery to the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II and his sister St. Pulcheria during the 5th century; the remains of this early monastery, having been subsequently destroyed by a huge rock that fell from the nearby hills, can still be found 500 metres from the existing monastery. However ...
The new walls, begun under Emperor Arcadius, were completed during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II by the prefect Anthemius. The wall of Theodosius had nine main gates, divided into civil and military, and many smaller passages (the most important gates, through which the busy trade routes passed, were the Golden Gate, [Note 14] the Resios ...
Lausus, who had formerly served as a eunuch in the court of Theodosius II, became the imperial chamberlain sometime around 420.He was described in a letter by the bishop of Caesarea as being charitable to the poor, but also being very wealthy and owning a fine estate. [1]