A leading scholar of Byzantine Constantinople traces how the city was built and rebuilt, emperor by emperor, from Constantine’s foundation in the 320s through Theodosius II and his walls to the Ottoman conquest and after. Churches, palaces, walls and markets appear alongside the people who crowded them, with Warwick Goble’s paintings in the original edition.
An authoritative and readable history for anyone visiting Istanbul or curious about Byzantium. Download the free EPUB.