CONSTANTINOPLE. Justinian I (527-565 A.D.) and Constantine the Great (312-337 A.D.)

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1 CONSTANTINOPLE

2 Justinian I (527-565 A.D.) and Constantine the Great (312-337 A.D.)

3 FORO DI COSTANTINO

4 AUGUSTEION

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6 CONSTANTINOPLE  A GREEK COLONY FOUNDED BY SOME MEGARIANS in 663 B.C. under the name of BYZANTIUM  The Roman Emperor SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS rebuilt the city in the mid-3 nd century A.D.  Foundation of CONSTANTINOPLE by the Emperor CONSTANTINE I in 324-330 A.D. by the Emperor CONSTANTINE I in 324-330 A.D.  Constantinople= Polis of Constantine I (312- 337 A.D.)

7 Ancient BYZANTIUM

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9 Solidus (Gold Coin of Emperor Valens(364-378 A.D.) Taxation and Redistribution of Wealth

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11 AUGUSTEION

12 MILION AND REGIA

13 FORUM OF CONSTANTINE

14 FORUM TAURII

15 PHILADELPHION AND CAPITOLIUM

16 SANTI APOSTOLI

17 Hagioi Sergios and Bacchos

18 AQUEDUCTS AND CISTERNS

19 THEODOSIAN WALLS (412 A.D.) The Golden Gate

20 Theodosian Walls and Constantinian Walls

21 HIPPODROME

22 HAGIA EIRENE

23 San John of Stoudios (453-463 A.D.)

24 GREAT PALACE Terme di Zeusippo

25 Palazzo del Boukoleon

26 Chiesa di San Salvatore in Chora

27 ROTONDA DI GALERIO (Tessalonica)

28 Icona del Trionfo dell’Ortodossia (seconda meta’ del XIV secolo,)

29 S.Maria Maggiore, Roma- Mosaico nell’Arco Trionfale (432-40 A.D.)