CONTENTS
Reading edition
I. The Site of Constantinople—The Limits of Byzantium 1
II. The City of Constantine—Its Limits—Fortifications—Interior Arrangement 15
III. The Theodosian Walls 40
IV. The Gates in the Theodosian Walls—The Golden Gate 59
V. The Gates in the Theodosian Walls—continued 74
VI. Repairs on the Theodosian Walls 95
VII. The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus (Tekfour Serai) 109
VIII. The Fortifications on the North-Western Side of the City, before the Seventh Century 115
IX. The Wall of the Emperor Manuel Comnenus 122
X. The Tower of Anemas: The Tower of Isaac Angelus 131
XI. Inmates of the Prison of Anemas 154
XII. The Wall of the Emperor Heraclius: The Wall of the Emperor Leo the Armenian 164
XIII. The Seaward Walls 178
XIV. The Walls along the Golden Horn 194
XV. The Walls along the Golden Horn—continued 212
XVI. The Walls along the Sea of Marmora 248
XVII. The Harbours on the Sea of Marmora 268
XVIII. The Harbours on the Sea of Marmora—continued 288
XIX. The Hebdomon 316
XX. The Anastasian Wall 342
Table of Emperors 344
Index 349