 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 864 sider
...engaged the younger Theodosius to surround his capital with an adequate and permanent inclosure of walls. From the eastern promontory to the golden gate, the...villages of the European, and even of the Asiatic coast *. But the suburbs of Pera and Galata, though situate beyond the harbour, may deserve to be considered... | |
 | John Sundins Stamp - 1849 - 650 sider
...this extraordinary conductor, we shall hriefly refer to the extent and limits of the projected city. From the eastern promontory to the golden gate, the...adjacent villages of the European and even of the Asiatic coast. But the suburbs of Pera and Galata, though situate beyond the harbour, may deserve to be considered... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 sider
...the younger Thcodosius to surround his capital with an adequate and permanent enclosure of walls.38 From the eastern promontory to the golden gate, the...extreme length of Constantinople was about three Roman miles,38 the circumference measured between ten and eleven, and the surface might be computed as equal... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1864 - 1096 sider
...surrounded with a new wall by Theodosius in AD 413. " From the eastern promontory to the Golden Grate, the extreme length of Constantinople was about three...and the surface might be computed as equal to about 2000 English acres. The suburbs of Pera and Galata,* though situate beyond the harbour, may deserve... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1865 - 816 sider
...afterwards built over, and formed a suburb, which was surrounded with a new wall by Theodosius in AD 413. " From the eastern promontory to the Golden Gate, the...and the surface might be computed as equal to about 2000 English acres. The suburbs of Pera and Galata,* though situate beyond the harbour, may deserve... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1878 - 216 sider
...engaged the younger Theodosius to surround his capital with an adequate and permanent inclosure of walls. From the eastern promontory to the Golden Gate, the extreme length of Constantinople was above three Roman miles ; the circumference measured between ten and eleven; and the surface might... | |
 | 1883 - 836 sider
...engaged the younger Theodosius to surround his capital with an adequate and permanent inclosure of walls. From the eastern promontory to the Golden Gate, the extreme length of Constantinople was above three Roman miles ; the circumference measured between ten and eleven ; and the surface might... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 478 sider
...English acres. It is impossible to justify the vain and credulous exaggerations of modern travelers, who have sometimes stretched the limits of Constantinople...villages of the European, and even of the Asiatic coast. But the suburbs of Pera and Galata, though situate beyond the harbor, may deserve to be considered... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 642 sider
...the circumference of the city as consisting of about 7,800 French Mses. manent enclosure of walls." From the eastern promontory to the golden gate, the...and the surface might be computed as equal to about 2,000 English acres. It is impossible to justify the vain and credulous exaggerations of modern travellers,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 602 sider
...the younger Theodosius to surround his capital with an adequate and permanent inclosure of walls.83 From the eastern promontory to the golden gate, the...length of Constantinople was about three Roman miles ; M the circumference measured between ten and eleven ; and the surface might be computed as equal... | |
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From the eastern promontory to the golden gate, the extreme length of Constantinople was about three Roman miles; the circumference measured between ten and eleven; and the surface might be computed as equal to about two thousand English acres. It is... 
