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The Walls of Constantinople (Turkish: Konstantinopolis Surları; Greek: Τείχη της Κωνσταντινουπόλης) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great.
- 4th–5th centuries, with later restorations and additions
- Walls
- Up to 12 m
- Turkey
- Making The City Safe
- Design & Architecture
- Significant Sieges
Although the city had benefitted from previous emperors building fortifications, especially Constantine I when he moved his capital from Rome to the east, it is Emperor Theodosius II who is most associated with Constantinople's famous city walls. It was, though, Theodosius I (r. 379-395 CE) who began the project of improving the capital's defences ...
The defensive walls were made of a combination of elements designed to make the city impregnable. Attackers first faced a 20-metre wide and 7-metre deep ditch which could be flooded with water fed from pipes when required. The water, once in, was retained by a series of dams. Behind that was an outer wall which had a patrol track to oversee the moa...
The city was severely tested several times in its long history but the massive walls never let down the capital's inhabitants. There was an unsuccessful siege in 626 CE by the army of Persian king Kusro II helped by his Slav and Avar allies. One of the most persistent attacks came with the Arab siege of 674-678 CE when the walls withstood siege eng...
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12 juni 2006 · The despair of its enemies, the walls of Constantinople were the most famous of the medieval world, singular not only in scale, but in their construction and design, which integrated man-made defenses with natural obstacles.
21 dec. 2022 · Theodosian walls of Constantinople, 4th – 5th century CE. The Theodosian Walls are not the first defensive walls of Constantinople. Following the foundation and the subsequent dedication of Constantinople on 11 May 330, Emperor Constantine the Great protected his city with the new wall.
16 aug. 2022 · The Walls of Constantinople were 12 kilometers long at the time and 12 meters high. The walls were partly destroyed in 447 by a brutal earthquake, which was worrying given the rampage the Huns were on at the time. The emperor immediately had a second wall built in front of the damaged first wall.
The Theodosian Walls are among the most impressive monuments of Late Antiquity. These land walls protected Constantinople for centuries while the other great cities like Rome, Antioch or Alexandria were sacked. The Theodosian Walls consists of an inner wall, an outer wall with an inner terrace, and a wide moat, with a second outer wall in front ...
17 mars 2024 · Constantinian Walls. While the majority of this article is about the latter walls, it is important to note the original wall of Constantinople. The first wall was built by Constantine I after he won the Battle of Chrysopolis in 324 and realized that the city needed a line of defense.
