Byzantine Constantinople, the walls of the city and adjoining historical sites

by Alexander Van Millingen

[256]. Leo Diaconus, p. 28.

[257]. Ibid., p. 23.

[258]. Theophanes, p. 309.

[259]. For the descriptions of the triumphs accorded to Basil I. and Theophilus, see Constant. Porphyr., De Cer., pp. 498-508.

[260]. Constant. Porphyr., De Cer., p. 499, Ἐν δὼ τῷ λιβαδίῳ τῷ ἔξω τῆς χρυσῆς πόρτας.

[261]. On the pier to the left of the central archway are painted in red the words, ΠΟΛΛΑ ΤΑ ΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ; while on the pier to the right are the words, Ο ΘΣ ΚΑΛΩΣ ΗΝΕΝΤΕΝ ΣΕ; lingering echoes of the shouts that shook the gate on a day of triumph.

[262]. See illustration facing p. [334].

[263]. Leo Diaconus, p. 158.

[264]. Pachymeres, vol. i. p. 160.

[265]. Constant. Porphyr., p. 508.