Since the growth of Constantinople cannot be ascribed to the general increase of mankind and of industry, it must be admitted that this artificial
Constantinople’s Main Buildings
The Circus, or Hippodrome, was a stately building about four hundred paces in length and one hundred in breadth.Constantinople Founded, featuring a
Constantinople’s First Day
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
Nature Provided the Seat of a Great Empire
When the gates of the Hellespont and Bosporus were shut, the capital still enjoyed within their spacious enclosure every production which could supply
Constantinople Founded
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Start With a Great Harbor.IntroductionEdward Gibbon is the gold
Problems With the Transition
Today's installment concludes Roman Emperor Constantine Converted to Christianity,our selection from An Ecclesiastical History, From The Birth of
Constantine Sees Cross in Sky
The sign of the cross, which Constantine most solemnly affirmed he saw in the heavens, near midday, is a subject involved in the greatest obscurities
Roman Emperor Constantine Converted to Christianity
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Diocletian's Persecutions.Three major players for the Roman Empire: