The Antiquities of Constantinople With a Description of Its Situation, the Conveniencies of Its Port, Its Publick Buildings, the Statuary, Sculpture, Architecture, and Other Curiosities of That City

BOOK I.

Chapter 1175 wordsPublic domain

CHAP. I. _Of the Founders of_ Byzantium, _and the different Successes and Revolutions of that City_, Page 13

II. _Of the Extent of Old_ Byzantium, p. 20

III. _Of the Rebuilding it by_ Constantine _the_ Great, _and the Largeness of it in his Time_, p. 21

IV. _Of the present Figure, Compass, Length, and Breadth of_ Constantinople, p. 29

V. _A General Description of_ Constantinople, p. 32

VI. _The Situation of all the Parts of the City describ’d_, p. 35

VII. _Of the First Hill, the Palace of the Grand_ Seignor, _the Church of St._ Sophia, _and the_ Hippodrom, p. 36

VIII. _Of the First Valley_, p. 43

IX. _Of the Second Hill_, p. 44

X. _Of the Second Valley, which divides the Second from the Third Hill_, p. 48

XI. _Of the Third Hill_, p. 50

XII. _Of the Third Valley_, p. 54

XIII. _Of the Fourth Hill_, p. 55

XIV. _Of the Fifth Hill_, p. 59

XV. _Of the Fifth Valley_, p. 61

XVI. _Of the Sixth Hill_, p. 62

XVII. _Of the Valley which divides the_ Promontory _of the Sixth Hill from the Seventh Hill_, p. 64

XVIII. _Of the Seventh Hill_, p. 65

XIX. _Of the Walls of the City_, p. 67

XX. _Of the Gates of_ Constantinople, _and the Seven Towers of Old_ Byzantium, p. 70

XXI. _Of the long Walls_, p. 72