. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . trious places in history. The?City of the Blindx^,>^^ was undoubtedly .;>?;?•/; Chalcedon on the Asiatic shore op-posite, which wasfounded six hund-red and fifty-sevenyears before theChristian era. By-zantium, so called,arose on the sevenhills commandinga beautiful view oft h e from her firstsettlement down tothe present era thisllustrious haven ofpolitical and com-mercial advantageshas gone through acontinuation o fsieges and warfareunequalled in thehistory of the worldand wh
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . trious places in history. The?City of the Blindx^,>^^ was undoubtedly .;>?;?•/; Chalcedon on the Asiatic shore op-posite, which wasfounded six hund-red and fifty-sevenyears before theChristian era. By-zantium, so called,arose on the sevenhills commandinga beautiful view oft h e from her firstsettlement down tothe present era thisllustrious haven ofpolitical and com-mercial advantageshas gone through acontinuation o fsieges and warfareunequalled in thehistory of the worldand which exem-(.,,,Kii,s (ii-sr. soiiMN plify the remark- able recuperating powers of her people. One hundred years after the foundation of Con-stantinople there were two hundred and fifty largepublic buildings. The city had few rivals andreadily became the terminus of the chief routes ofthe empire, with an annual revenue of $20,000, boasted of the strongest fortress, the bestequipped naval station, the greatest arsenal, in addi-tion to being the centre of education and the Mecca. for religion. Situated at the meeting of two seasand two continents, like a diamond between sapphiresand emeralds, it developed into a commercial this in spite of wars, the ravages of ferocioushordes, and internal strife. In 148 Byzantiumbecame a Roman ally and was exceptionally rich inworks of art. Through all her vicissitudes shereligiously guarded the monumental structures aswell as her other artistic treasures. The decision totake sides with the Syrian general in 1 70 ledthe Romans to sack the city and foolishly destroyher splendid fortifications. The alternate crueltiesof the Romans and barbarians continued; capturedby Darius; burned by the Persians; besieged byPhilip of Macedon; destroyed by Septimus Severus—it managed to exist until Constantine the Great,ruler of the Roman empire, changed the name of
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