Byzantine Constantinople

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Author

Van Millingen, Alexander, 1840-1915

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Turgut Dincer, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DR: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Balkan Peninsula, Turkey

Subject

Istanbul (Turkey) -- Antiquities

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61475

Release Date

February 21, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE. CHAPTER I. THE SITE OF CONSTANTINOPLE—THE LIMITS OF BYZANTIUM.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE CITY OF CONSTANTINE—ITS LIMITS—FORTIFICATIONS—INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT. — Interior Arrangements of the City of Constantine.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE THEODOSIAN WALLS. — The Inner Wall. Τὸ κάστρον τὸ μέγα: [186] Τὸ μέγα τεῖχος. [187] — The Inner Terrace. Ὁ Περίβολος. [194] — The Outer Wall. Τὸ ἔξω τεῖχος: [195] τὸ ἔξω κάστρον: [196] τὸ μικρόν τεῖχος. [197] — The Outer Terrace. Τὸ ἔξω παρατείχιον. [202] — The Moat. Τάφρος: σοῦδα. [204]
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE GATES IN THE THEODOSIAN WALLS. — The Golden Gate.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE GATES IN THE THEODOSIAN WALLS— continued .
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. REPAIRS ON THE THEODOSIAN WALLS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE PALACE OF THE PORPHYROGENITUS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE FORTIFICATIONS ON THE NORTH-WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY, BEFORE THE SEVENTH CENTURY.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR MANUEL COMNENUS.
14. 14.The Palace of Blachernæ. Τὸ ἐν Βλαχέρναις Βασίλειον, Παλάτιον.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE TOWER OF ANEMAS—THE TOWER OF ISAAC ANGELUS. — NOTE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. INMATES OF THE PRISON OF ANEMAS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR HERACLIUS: THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR LEO THE ARMENIAN. — The Bridge across the Golden Horn.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. THE SEAWARD WALLS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE WALLS ALONG THE GOLDEN HORN. — Gates.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. THE WALLS ALONG THE GOLDEN HORN— continued . — The Basilikè Pylè. — The Route taken in carrying the Turkish Ships across the Hills from the Bosporus to the Golden Horn. — NOTE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. THE WALLS ALONG THE SEA OF MARMORA.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE HARBOURS ON THE SEA OF MARMORA. — Harbour of the Bucoleon.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. THE HARBOURS ON THE SEA OF MARMORA— continued . — Harbour of the Kontoscalion (τὸ Κοντοσκάλιον). — Harbour of Eleutherius and Theodosius. — The Harbour of the Golden Gate. — The Harbour of Kaisarius and the Neorion at the Heptascalon. — Note on the Locality where the Ancient Harbour Wall, discovered in 1819, was found.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. THE HEBDOMON.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. THE ANASTASIAN WALL.
26. 26.TABLE OF EMPERORS. — Latin Emperors. — Nicæan Emperors. — Empire Restored.
27. 27.INDEX.

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