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Ceremonial Golden Gate
Ceremonial Golden Gate from Early Byzantine Period with Elephant-drawn Chariot
Byzantine ships use Greek Fire to attack other ships
Byzantine ships are attacking a ship with Greek Fire. They people on the other ship are clearly distressed.
Aerial View of Constantinople
The image is a recreation of what it would like to view Constantinople from above.
A copper print of the Arcadius Column based on drawings by Louis François Cassas and Gentile Bellini.
This image shows the reliefs that were cared on the column of Arcadius as it would have been while it still stood.
1893 - Reconstruction of the Arcadius Column by Cornelius Gurlitt (elder) (1820-1901).
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.
1453 -(Seige of Constantinople by Mehmet II: Artist's reconstruction)
Artwork by Antoine Helbert depicting the seige of the Theodosian Land Walls by the armies of Mehmet II the Conqueror in 1453