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Byzantine Constantinople, the walls of the city and adjoining historical sites — Alexander Van Millingen

Byzantine Constantinople, the walls of the city and adjoining historical sites

Alexander Van Millingen

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  • Book language: English
  • 432 pages

A historical study of Byzantine Constantinople, focusing on the city walls and nearby historical sites. Alexander Van Millingen describes the fortifications and monuments that protected the empire for centuries. It is worth listening to for a better understanding of Byzantine history and the city's topography.

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BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE
Map of Constantinople in 1422.
Map of Constantinople in 1422.
BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE
THE WALLS OF THE CITY AND ADJOINING
HISTORICAL SITES
BY
ALEXANDER VAN MILLINGEN, M.A.
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ROBERT COLLEGE, CONSTANTINOPLE
WITH MAPS, PLANS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1899
All rights reserved
Ἐγὼ δὲ ὧς μητέρα φιλῶ καὶ γὰρ ἐγενόμην πὰρ᾽ αὐτῇ καὶ
ἐτράφην ἐκεῖσε, καὶ οὐ δύναμαι περὶ αὐτὴν ἀγνωμονῆσαι.
EƽǙŧǡLjǡ JǼƯƗĵƿ, Epistle 58.

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Contents

  1. BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS
  4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE. CHAPTER I. THE SITE OF CONSTANTINOPLE—THE LIMITS OF BYZANTIUM.
  6. CHAPTER II. THE CITY OF CONSTANTINE—ITS LIMITS—FORTIFICATIONS—INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT.
  7. CHAPTER III. THE THEODOSIAN WALLS.
  8. CHAPTER IV. THE GATES IN THE THEODOSIAN WALLS.
  9. CHAPTER V. THE GATES IN THE THEODOSIAN WALLS—continued.
  10. CHAPTER VI. REPAIRS ON THE THEODOSIAN WALLS.
  11. CHAPTER VII. THE PALACE OF THE PORPHYROGENITUS.
  12. CHAPTER VIII. THE FORTIFICATIONS ON THE NORTH-WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY, BEFORE THE SEVENTH CENTURY.
  13. CHAPTER IX. THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR MANUEL COMNENUS.
  14. The Palace of Blachernæ. Τὸ ἐν Βλαχέρναις Βασίλειον, Παλάτιον.
  15. CHAPTER X. THE TOWER OF ANEMAS—THE TOWER OF ISAAC ANGELUS.
  16. CHAPTER XI. INMATES OF THE PRISON OF ANEMAS.
  17. CHAPTER XII. THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR HERACLIUS: THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR LEO THE ARMENIAN.
  18. CHAPTER XIII. THE SEAWARD WALLS.
  19. CHAPTER XIV. THE WALLS ALONG THE GOLDEN HORN.
  20. CHAPTER XV. THE WALLS ALONG THE GOLDEN HORN—continued.
  21. CHAPTER XVI. THE WALLS ALONG THE SEA OF MARMORA.
  22. CHAPTER XVII. THE HARBOURS ON THE SEA OF MARMORA.
  23. CHAPTER XVIII. THE HARBOURS ON THE SEA OF MARMORA—continued.
  24. CHAPTER XIX. THE HEBDOMON.
  25. CHAPTER XX. THE ANASTASIAN WALL.
  26. TABLE OF EMPERORS.
  27. INDEX.
  28. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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