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Fortifications and Defences

Districts of Constantinople

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.

Regions of Constantinople as described in the Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae.

Region XIII: Galata across the Golden Horn

Main article: Galata

Galata, which was called Sycae in early

Region XIV: The Theodosian Expansion

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).

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Religion

Religious Relics

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