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Walls of constantinople map
Map of walls of constantinople. Walls of constantinople map (Turkey) to print. Walls of constantinople map (Turkey) to download. The Walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great (see walls of constantinople map). With numerous additions and modifications during walls of constantinople history, they were the last great fortification system of antiquity, and one of the most complex and elaborate systems ever built.
Initially built by Constantine the Great, the walls of constantinople surrounded the new city on all sides as its shown in walls of constantinople map, protecting it against attack from both sea and land. As the city grew, the famous double line of the Theodosian Walls was built in the 5th century. Although the other sections of the walls were less elaborate, when well manned, they were almost impregnable for any medieval besieger, saving the city, and the Byzantine Empire with it, during sieges from the Avars, Arabs, Rus', and Bulgars, among others (see Sieges of Constantinople).