Note 106 — Chapter I · CONSTANTINOPLE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY[3]
Reading edition
The Greek verses are given in the Anthology (Planudes, iv, 28). The Latin I may reproduce here:
Theudosii jussis gemino nec mense peracto Constantinus ovans haec moenia firma locavit. Tam cito tam stabilem Pallas vix conderet arcem.
This epigram and its companion in Greek are still legible on the stone of the Rhegium Gate (now of Melandesia). See Paspates, op. cit., pp. 47, 50. The Porta Xylocerci has practically disappeared.