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Byzantion, Byzantium
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…
Βυζάντιον· ὅτι τὸ Βυζάντιον ἐπὶ Σεβήρου βασιλέως Ῥωμαίων τετείχιστο γενναίῳ τείχει πεποιημένῳ μυλίτῃ λίθῳ, ἐς τετράγωνον εἰργασμένῳ. ζʹ μὲν γὰρ ἦσαν ἀπὸ τῶν Θρᾳκίων πυλῶν πύργοι…