At Meydanı square, which is buit on the site of the Byzantine Hippodrome of Constantinople. Muslim wedding procession, possibly of an Ottoman official. In the background, the obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Serpent Column (Plataean tripod) from Delphi sanctuary, which was brought to Constantinople by Constantine I. 

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Byzantine Emperor.

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Portrait of Emperor Constantine I the Great, founder of Constantinople.

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Portrait of Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologos.

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The tomb of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos at Pammakaristos Church (today Fethiye Mosque).

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View of Kemerburgaz Aqueduct.

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View of Valens Aqueduct in Fatih, Istanbul.

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View of the city of Niš (Naissus), birthplace of Constantine the Great.

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Portrait of Constantine the Great.

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A scene from Marcian's military campaign. The eagle is a symbol of the emperor's coronation (Marcian was the first Byzantine emperor to be crowned by the Patriarch) and of the Orthodox believers's victory over Monophysitism (Council of Chalcedon).

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Basil I dies falling off his horse during a hunting expedition.

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