How big was the #NewRome? The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Istanbul (and several other cities will follow in the tweets below)
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Athens
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Beijing
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Berlin
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map #London
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #NewYork
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Paris
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Tokyo
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Venice
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Vienna
Die räumliche Ausdehnung des byzantinischen mittelalterlichen Konstantinopel in einem modernen Stadtplan von #Wien
#Byzanzforschung, @imafo_oeaw @oeaw
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Vienna Die räumliche Ausdehnung des byzantinischen mittelalterlichen Konstantinopel in einem modernen Stadtplan von #Wien #Byzanzforschung, @imafo_oeaw @oeaw
The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Vienna Die räumliche Ausdehnung des byzantinischen mittelalterlichen Konstantinopel in einem modernen Stadtplan von #Wien #Byzanzforschung, @imafo_oeaw @oeaw
But just to bring things into a global medieval perspective: the spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople (red, 14 km²) in comparison with that of the #Chinese capital of Chang´an (yellow, under the Tang, ca 600-900 AD, 80 km²) on a modern-day map of #Istanbul 😁
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