Since the growth of Constantinople cannot be ascribed to the general increase of mankind and of industry, it must be admitted that this artificial

The Circus, or Hippodrome, was a stately building about four hundred paces in length and one hundred in breadth.Constantinople Founded, featuring a

Among the great cities of the ancient world its size was smaller than Babylon and Thebes. It yields to ancient Rome, to the 18th. century London, and

When the gates of the Hellespont and Bosporus were shut, the capital still enjoyed within their spacious enclosure every production which could supply