Column of Arcadius today, only traces of its original decorations survive Built in early 5th-century Constantinople, it consisted of a massive column, decorated with spiral reliefs, set on a square pedestal, and crowned with a colossal statue of the emperor Arcadius.

Talas Aqueduct Bridge from the longest aqueduct system of the Roman world youtu.be/0zSbptJHU-c

The Talas aqueduct bridge was perhaps significantly rebuilt in the 6th c. It belonged to a system probably begun by Valens and expanded in the 5th c. It belonged to the longest known aqueduct channels and most complex system of urban water collection in the ancient world. Photos taken yesterday

Head from the Serpent Column at Istanbul Archaeological Museums The Serpent Column at Delphi was originally dedicated to the Sanctuary of Apollo after the Greek victory over the Persians at the Battle of Plataea. Constantine had the Serpent Column brought to the Hippodrome of Constantinople.

Reconstruction of the Serpent Column at Delphi, originally dedicated to the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi by several Greek cities after their victory over the Persians at the Battle of Plataea. Centuries later, Constantine had the Serpent Column brought to the Hippodrome of Constantinople.

Solidus of Julian (355-363) Minted at Antioch in 362 At Dumbarton Oaks

6th-century door plaques made of black breccia with white veins At Kalenderhane Camii/formerly the Church of Theotokos Kyriotissa

Empresses from Late Antique and Medieval Roman (Middle Byzantine) eras Empress Theodora and her court at San Vitale in Ravenna, Empress Ariadne and Personification of Constantinople at Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Empress Zoe in Hagia Sophia, Empress Eirene (Piroska of Hungary) in Hagia Sophia

Birds and other decorative details from Chora/Kariye

Walls of Blachernai (modern Ayvansaray), once in the northwestern corner of the City

Golden Gate and the moat of the Theodosian Walls, now a Yedikule bostan ("garden")

Details from the base of the Theodosian Obelisk, which was erected in the hippodrome around 390.

Pege Gate (Silivrikapı), one of the main gates of Constantinople’s Theodosian Walls Please consider supporting my project on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/pege-g...

Very sad to hear of the passing of Prof. Dr. Katja Marasović, who contributed greatly to scientific research on Diocletian's Palace and historic Split, as well as to her students, family, and community. She was a wonderful host and shared so much knowledge when I visited Split, Croatia.

The Sphendone consists of a series of massive vaults of the Hippodrome of Constantinople that were built into the slope. Just to the south is the former Sergius and Bacchus church, now Küçük Ayasofya Camii (“Little Hagia Sophia Mosque”). Historic photo by David Talbot-Rice (1927)

Gül Camii (“Rose Mosque”), possibly the former the Church of St. Theodosia Photos taken today

Galata Tower on a snowy day in 2022

Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) and the Marmara Sea at sunset

Walled Galata from miniature of Ottoman Kostantiniyye by Matrakçı Nasuh (1537)

Hırami Ahmed Paşa Mescidi, formerly the Middle Byzantine church of St. John Prodromos in Troullo Photo by Arthur Kingsley Porter (c. 1918)

Galata Tower, dome of Zeyrek Mosque/formerly Pantokrator Monastery, marble revetment of Kalenderhane Mosque/Kyriotissa Monastery, and the Column of Constantine and Nuruosmaniye Mosque Photos taken today

The Annunciation to St. Anne “Alas…I am not like the birds of the sky, for the birds of the heavens are fruitful before you, oh Lord.” From the Gospel (Protoevangelium) of James As St. Anne prays in the garden, an angel announces that she will bear a child (the Virgin Mary).

Μ(ήτ)ηρ Θ(εο)ῦ ἡ χώρα τοῦ ἀχωρήτου “Mother of God, the dwelling-place (chora) of the uncontainable” Inscription from the mosaic of the Virgin Blachernitissa at Chora/Kariye Camii Photo from today's visit

Gold background of the Deesis Mosaic at Hagia Sophia

15th-century medallion with Imperator Mehmet the Conqueror, Painting of Suleiman the Magnificent, Watercolor of Hagia Sophia by Ali Sami Boyar, and Kariye/Chora by Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu (1955) At Artİstanbul Feshane /İBB (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality)

Siege of Constantinople in 1453 Illustration by Jean Le Tavernier (c. 1450s) MSS fr. 9087 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

Ephesus through the ages Roman terrace house with mosaic of a lion, Roman winged Nike (Victoria), Monogram of Justinian on capital from the Basilica of St. John (built in the 6th century), and İsa Bey Mosque (built for the Aydinids in the 14th century)

Fresco of the Virgin Eleousa (“Virgin of Tenderness”) at Chora/Kariye Camii

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (plus the Temple of Romulus and more) from the Forum Romanum (Roman Forum) in Rome

Andronikos III Palaiologos (r. 1328-1341) and Anna of Savoy (†1365) From Cod.hist.fol.601 at Württembergische Landesbibliothek

Ambo (pulpit) of the basilica church (c. late 5th-early 6th century) built by the Hellenistic theater of Priene, an Ionian city of the Aegean/modern Aydın Province Reconstruction of the ambo by Stephan Westphalen

King David with Wisdom (Σοφια) and Prophecy (Προφητεια) from the Paris Psalter Constantinople, c. 900 Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Frescoes in the natural “Cave of Christ” (İsa Mağarası) at Mount Latmos (Beşparmak Dağları), which is located near Lake Bafa in Muğla Province. See link below for video on the cave and its frescoes

Mosaic of Christ from one of the domes in the inner narthex of Chora/Kariye Camii

Kefken Island (historic Apollonia/Daphnousia) on the Black Sea coast of Kocaeli Province This is a preview of an upcoming video on Patreon. Please consider supporting this project on The Byzantine Legacy Patreon. youtu.be/rkQJDkWYeKg

Plaque with Jeweled Cross and the Bust of an Emperor Mid-10th century Constantinople At Dumbarton Oaks

Eagle from the 5th-century Column of Marcian/Kıztaşı

Opus sectile decorating the floor of Kalenderhane Camii, formerly the Church of the Virgin Kyriotissa

Check out new interview with archaeologists working at Olympos in Lycia (modern Antalya) Sarcophagus of Captain Eudemos, Temple, Peristyle of the Bishop's Palace, and more from the Olympos Excavations interview with Dr. Gökçen Öztaşkın and Dr. Seçkin Evcim

Interview with Dr. Gökçen Öztaşkın and Dr. Seçkin Evcim on the Olympos Excavations youtu.be/pGDJp3p2el4

Mosaic with a prostrated emperor at Hagia Sophia

Late Antique sarcophagus made of verd antique ("Thessalian marble") From the gardens of Istanbul Archaeological Museums

"Obelisques dans l'hypodrome" Photo by James Robertson (c. 1853)

St. Anthony the Great, a famous monk from Egypt. Mosaic in the parekklesion of the former Pammakaristos Monastery/Fethiye Museum Today is the feast day of St. Anthony the Great

"A General View of the City of Constantinople" Unknown artist, published by Bowles & Carver, 1763–1830 From Yale Center for British Art (see link below)

Kariye Camii, the former Chora Monastery From "Les anciennes églises byzantines de Constantinople" by Domenico Pulgher (1880)

Church of St. Dimitrios Katsouris on Plisii near Arta Probably named after its 13th-century patron who restored the 9th-century church

Village of Geyre, archaeological site of Aphrodisias, first photographed by Ara Güler in 1958 Check out BIAA Past and Present-day Aphrodisias with Prof Bert Smith biaa.ac.uk/.../past-and...

Diocletian (284-305), the emperor who created the Tetrarchy (rule by four emperors). From Nicomedia (İzmit), now at Istanbul Archaeological Museums

Coats of arms arms of Doria, Genoa and De Merude (1386-1387) above Harip Gate from the wall of the Genoese colony of Galata