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Initially built by Constantine the Great, the walls surrounded the new city on all sides, protecting it against attack from both sea and land. As the city grew, the famous double line of the Theodosian Walls was built in the 5th century. Although the other sections of the walls were less elaborate, they were, when well-manned, almost ...
By the end of the IV century in Constantinople lived more than 100 thousand people, new settlers did not have enough space within the fortress walls built by Emperor Constantine, and the city began to spread beyond them (in the coastal part of the houses were even built on stilts). [13] [16] [17] [18] Constantinople's walls (in the middle)
'aqueduct') was a Roman aqueduct system built in the late 4th century AD, to supply Constantinople – the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Construction of the aqueduct began during the reign of the Roman emperor Constantius II (r. 337–361) and was completed in 373 by the Emperor Valens (r. 364–378). The aqueduct remained in use for ...
408 – 413 The Theodosian Wall, is built, as a fortification of Constantinople, running from the Sea of Marmara on the south, to the suburb of Blachernae, near the Golden Horn, on the north. 420s – San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna built. 422–432 – Santa Sabina all'Aventino Basilica in Rome built. 427 – Anak Palace of Goguryeo built.
the so-called "Archaic Wall", whose existence and course are debated by scholars [1] the Themistoclean Wall, built in 479 BC, the main city wall during Antiquity, restored and rebuilt several times (under Conon, Demosthenes, Demetrios Poliorketes, etc.) the Long Walls, built in the 460s and 440s BC, connecting Athens with its ports at Piraeus ...
In modern works, it is suggested that the walls of a number of Asia Minor cities could have been created during the era of Theodosius dynasty (379–450), when the empire was threatened by the Goths and Huns. The Theodosian walls were impressive structures that surrounded almost entirely residential areas and were equipped with representative ...
To the west it led through the Forum of Theodosius to the Philadelphion and the walls of Constantinople. In Constantine's Forum itself the emperor established the original home of the Byzantine Senate. [1] [2] The column stands right beside the Çemberlitaş stop on the T1 tramline.
Constantinople [a] (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late 5th century, Constantinople remained the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (also known as the Byzantine Empire; 330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453 ...