Chap. I. Of the Founders of Byzantium, and the different Successes and Revolutions of that City,

II. Of the Extent of Old Byzantium,

III. Of the Rebuilding it by Constantine the Great, and the Largeness of it in his Time,

IV. Of the present Figure, Compass, Length, and Breadth of Constantinople,

V. A General Description of Constantinople,

VI. The Situation of all the Parts of the City describ’d,

VII. Of the First Hill, the Palace of the Grand Seignor, the Church of St. Sophia, and the Hippodrom,

VIII. Of the First Valley,

IX. Of the Second Hill,

X. Of the Second Valley, which divides the Second from the Third Hill,

XI. Of the Third Hill,

XII. Of the Third Valley,

XIII. Of the Fourth Hill,

XIV. Of the Fifth Hill,

XV. Of the Fifth Valley,

XVI. Of the Sixth Hill,

XVII. Of the Valley which divides the Promontory of the Sixth Hill from the Seventh Hill,

XVIII. Of the Seventh Hill,

XIX. Of the Walls of the City,

XX. Of the Gates of Constantinople, and the Seven Towers of Old Byzantium,

XXI. Of the long Walls,

Chap. I. Of the Buildings and Monuments of Old Byzantium and Constantinople,

II. Of the Antient Monuments of the First Hill, and of the First Ward of the City,

III. Of the Church of St. Sophia,

IV. A Description of the Church of St. Sophia, as it now appears,

V. Of the Statues found on one Side of that Church,

VI. Of the Pharo on the Promontory of Ceras, and the Mangana,

VII. Of the Bagnio’s of Zeuxippus, and its Statues,

VIII. Of the Hospitals of Sampson, and Eubulus,

IX. Of the Statue of Eudocia Augusta, for which St. Chrysostom was sent into Banishment,

X. Of those Parts of the City which are contain’d in the Third Ward,

XI. Of the Hippodrom, its Obelisk, its Statues, and Columns,

XII. Of the Colossus,

XIII. Of some other Columns in the Hippodrom,

XIV. Of the Church of Bacchus, of the Court of Hormisda, and the House of Justinian,

XV. Of the Port of Julian and Sophia; of the Portico nam’d Sigma, and the Palace of St. Sophia,

XVI. Of the Fourth Ward,

XVII. Of the Forum called Augusteum, the Pillar of Theodosius, and Justinian, also of the Senate-house,

XVIII. Of the Imperial Palace, and the Basilica, as also of the Palace of Constantine, and of the House of Entrance nam’d Chalca,

XIX. Of the Basilica, and the Imperial Walks,

XX. Of the Imperial Library and Portico, and also of the Imperial Cistern,

XXI. Of the Chalcopratia,

XXII. Of the Portico’s situate between the Palace, and the Forum of Constantine,

XXIII. Of the Miliarium Aureum, and its Statues; of Fortune, the Goddess of the City, and her Statue,

XXIV. Of the Temple of Neptune, and the Church of St. Mina or Menna, of the Stadia, and Stairs of Timasius,

XXV. Of the Lausus, and its Statues; viz. a Venus of Cnidos, a Juno of Samos, a Minerva of Lindia, a winged Cupid, a Jupiter Olympius, a Saturn, Unicorns, Tygers, Vultures, Beasts that are half Camels and half Panthers; of the Cistern, in an Hospital, which was call’d Philoxenos, and a Chrysotriclinium,

Chap. I. Of several Places in the Fifth Ward, and the Second Hill; of the Neorium, of the Port nam’d the Bosporium, of the Strategium, and the Forum of Theodosius,

II. Of the Sixth Ward, and the remaining antient Buildings of the Second Hill,

III. Of the Porphyry Pillar, the Forum of Constantine, and the Palladium,

IV. Of the Senate House, the Nympheum, and the Statues in the Forum of Constantine, of the Labarum and Supparum, of the Philadelphium, of the Death of Arius, and of the Temples of Tellus, Ceres, Persephone, Juno, and Pluto,

V. Of the Seventh Ward,

VI. Of the Street call’d Taurus, of the Forum, and Pillar of Theodosius, which had winding Stairs within it; of the Tetrapylum, the Pyramidical Engine of the Winds, of the Statues of Arcadius, and Honorius, the Churches of Hirena, and Anastasia, and the Rocks called Scyronides,

VII. Of the Eighth Ward, and the Back-part of the Third Hill,

VIII. Of the Ninth Ward, of the Temple of Concord, of the Granaries of Alexandria and Theodosius, of the Baths of Anastasia, of the House of Craterus, of the Modius, and the Temple of the Sun and Moon,

IX. Of the Third Valley and the Tenth Ward, of the House, and Palace of Placidia, of the Aqueducts of Valentinian, the Baths of Constantius, and the Nympheum,

Chap. I. Of the Eleventh Ward, and of the Fourth and Fifth Hill,

II. Of the Church of the Apostles, of the Sepulchre of Constantine the Great, of the Cisterns of Arcadius, and Modestus, of the Palace of Placilla, and the Brazen Bull,

III. Of the Sixth Hill, and the Fourteenth Ward,

IV. Of the Hepdomum, a Part of the Suburbs, of the Triclinium of Magnaura, of the Palace called Cyclobion, of the Statue of Mauritius, and his Arsenal, and also of the Place called the Cynegium,

V. Of the BlachernÆ, the Triclinium of the BlachernÆ, of the Palace, the Aqueduct, and many other Places of Antiquity,

VI. Of the Bridge near the Church of St. Mamas, of the Hippodrom, of the Brazen Lyon, and the Tomb of the Emperor Mauritius,

VII. Of the Seventh Hill, the Twelfth Ward, and of the Pillar of Arcadius,

VIII. Of the Statues, and the ancient Tripos of Apollo plac’d in the Xerolophon,

IX. Of the Columns now remaining on the Seventh Hill,

X. Of the Thirteenth Ward of the City, called the Sycene Ward, of the Town of Galata, sometimes called Pera,

XI. A Description of Galata, of the Temples of Amphiaraus, of Diana, and Venus, of its Theatre and the Forum of Honorius,

A DESCRIPTION Of the WARDS of CONSTANTINOPLE.

The first Region, or Ward.

The Second Ward.

The Third Ward.

The Fourth Ward.

The Fifth Ward.

The Sixth Ward.

The Seventh Ward.

The Eighth Ward.

The Ninth Ward.

The Tenth Ward.

The Eleventh Ward.

The Twelfth Ward.

The Thirteenth Ward.

The Fourteenth Ward.

A Summary View of the whole City.

Some Account of the Suburbs as they are mention’d in the Codes and Law-Books.

Of the present Buildings of Constantinople.