septimius severus constructed the massive defensive wall around constantinople in the early 5th century ce.
who constructed the massive defensive wall around constantinople in the early 5th century ce?
septimius severus
the one work of anthemius' that is still standing today is the main wall of the theodosian walls. in the early 5th century, constantinople had begun to outgrow the bounds set by constantine the great, and so anthemius initiated the construction of a new wall, about 1,500 m to the west of the old, which stretched for 6.5 kilometers between the sea of marmara and the suburb of blachernae near the golden horn. the wall was finished in 413 and almost doubled the size of the city, a feat for which bury called him "in a sense, the second founder of constantinople".
anthemius (praetorian prefect)
starting in 1981 zvi ilan excavated in sites next to the 20th century village in different directions. excavations revealed signs of a long-standing community, and jewish presence at some periods. an ancient synagogue built in the late 4th or early 5th century, and a related beth midrash of the 7th century, a cache of coins ranging from the 5th to 9th centuries, a necropolis partly of the 1st century ce, and sherds from roman to early ottoman period. there are remains of a defensive wall of large stones, and a hewn moat.









































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marus