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“The Long Walls were erected in the early sixth century during the reign of Anastasius. They stretched 58 km from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and guarded the western approach to Constantinople, more than 70 km to the west of the city.” 3
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“The Long Walls were erected in the early sixth century during the reign of Anastasius. They stretched 58 km from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and guarded the western approach to Constantinople, more than 70 km to the west of the city.” 3
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- 1 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1577.
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 97; 327, chapter: 3.2.30; 3.6.25.
- 3 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1577-1578.
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