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This is what the column probably looked like based on sources from before it was taken down for safety in 1719. The column was large enough to have a staircase inside so you could climb to the top and look out over the city.

This image shows the reliefs that were cared on the column of Arcadius as it would have been while it still stood.

This is an image in the City of Epheses in Turkey today after it has been excavated and it has been digitally reconstructed in another image

This is a digital recreation of the central street in the city of Epheses lined with columns and shops. This is a similar structure to the central Mese in Constantinople. Note the use of color. Ancient citys were poly chromatic

Golden Gate, originally built by Theodosius II, now walled up.

The only part of walls where walls and sea meet near Yenikapi (Theodosian Harbor)

The section of the Theodosian Walls that adjoins the walls of Blachernae, with the Palace of the Porphyrogenitus in the background, as they appear today in suburban Istanbul.

Restored section of the Theodosian Walls at the Selymbria Gate. The Outer Wall and the wall of the moat are visible, with a tower of the Inner Wall in the background.

It is a map of Constantinople used to show how large the wall was.

Byzantine ships are attacking a ship with Greek Fire. They people on the other ship are clearly distressed.