Βυζάντιον
Byzantion, Byzantium
Translated by William Hutton22 Apr 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Byzantion in the reign of Severus, emperor of the Romans, was provided with a proper wall made of mill stone carved into rectangular blocks. There were seven towers stretching from the Thracian Gates down to the sea. If someone shouted or broke off a piece of stone in the first of these, it would echo and babble and cause the second one to do the same; and thus it would proceed through all of them.1
See more about Byzantion under 'Severus'.2
See more about Byzantion under 'Severus'.2