Fortifications and Defences

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Geographical Defences

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Land Walls of Constantinople

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Coastal Fortifications of Constantinople

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Districts of Constantinople

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According to the Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae, a compiled list of the buildings and monuments of the city written in the mid 5th century, Constantinople was divided into fourteen regions. The first twelve divided the territory contained inside the Walls of Constantine, the thirteenth (XIII) region designated the settlement of Sycae, later known as Galata, across the Golden Horn, and the fourteenth (XIV) district encompassed the entirety of area of the city between the Constantinian and Theodosian Walls, also known as the Theodosian Expansion.[1]

 
Regions of Constantinople as described in the Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae.

Region I: Palatium

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Region II: Acropolis of Byzantium

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Region III: Circus Maximus and Forum of Constantine

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Region IV: Augustaeum

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Region V: Forum of Theodosius

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Region VI: Senate House

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Region VII:

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Region VIII

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Region IX

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Region X

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Region XI

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Region XII

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Region XIII: Galata across the Golden Horn

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Main article: Galata

Galata, which was called Sycae in early

Region XIV: The Theodosian Expansion

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The Theodosian Expansion, otherwise known as the area of the city between the Constantine and Theodosian Walls, is by far the largest of the regions and consisting of 614 ha has almost the size of the eleven regions within the Walls of Constantine (I-XII).

Economy

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Culture and Demography

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Population

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Demographics

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Constantinopolitan Society

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Education

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Religion

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Churches and Cathedrals

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Religious Relics

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Category:Holy cities Category:Byzantine Empire

  1. ^ Drakoulis, Dimitris (September 2011). "The Functional Organization of Early Byzantine Constantinople according to the Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae". American Research Institute in Turkey.