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

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.

The Forum of The Bull is where public executions would take place.

The Column of Constantine is one of that last remaining physical remnants of Constantine's legacy.

The image is a recreation of what an imperial procession would have looked like.

Artwork by Antoine Helbert depicting the seige of the Theodosian Land Walls by the armies of Mehmet II the Conqueror in 1453

The image is a recreation of what it would like to view Constantinople from above.

This is a recreation of what a view of the Augustaion, between the Great Palace and the church of Hagia Sophia would look like, as an artist imagines the emperor Justinian standing and gazing over them.

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