Walking Tour | Old Citys Walls of İstanbul - Constantinople | Edirnekapı | Turkey | 25 July 2020

Walking Tour | Old Citys Walls of İstanbul - Constantinople | Edirnekapı | Turkey | 25 July 2020 Sulukule Kapısı (Aya Kiriaki) #First_Military_Gate Constantinian Walls Like Severus before him, Constantine began to punish the city for siding with his defeated rival, but soon he too realized the advantages of Byzantium’s location. During 324–336 the city was thoroughly rebuilt and inaugurated on 11 May 330 under the name of “Second Rome“. The name that eventually prevailed in common usage however was Constantinople, the “City of Constantine“ (Gk. Κωνσταντινούπολις, Konstantinoupolis). The city of Constantine was protected by a new wall about 2.8 km (15 stadia) west of the Severan wall.[9] Constantine’s fortification consisted of a single wall, reinforced with towers at regular distances, which began to be constructed in 324 and was completed under his son Constantius II (r. 337–361).[10][11] Only the approximate course of the wall is known: it began at the