The Cistern of Aetius (Greek: ἡ Κινστέρνη τοῦ Ἀετίου) was an important Byzantine water reservoir in the city of Constantinople. Once one of the largest...
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of bricks and five courses of stone, an elegant pattern similar to that also used by the cistern of Aetius. On the inner walls are visible remains of...
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of Mocius Cistern of Aetius Cistern of Philoxenos Theodosius Cistern Cistern of Aspar Cistern of the Hebdomon Prison of Anemas Monastery of Stoudios Dolmabahçe...
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Selim Çukurbostanı), and the Cistern of Aetius (Karagümrük Çukurbostanı). These cisterns were enclosed by the longer circuit of the Theodosian Walls built...
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same pattern was also used to build the cisterns of Aetius, of Aspar and of Mocius inside the walled city of Costantinople. The outer western wall is...
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courses of bricks and of stone, an elegant pattern similar to that also used by the similar cisterns of Aetius and of Aspar. List of Roman cisterns Müller-Wiener...
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middle of a dip garden waves from Byzantium Era, called Çukurbostan in Çukurbostan district of Fatih. Stadium is constructed in Aetius Cistern, on Fevzi...
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415 – 10 October: Church of Theodosius II inaugurated. 420 – Palace of Lausus built (approximate date). 421 – Cistern of Aetius built. 425 – 27 February:...
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Flaccilla Aetios (eunuch) Aetius, Cistern of Aetius (praetorian prefect) Aëtius of Amida Africa, Praetorian prefecture of African Romance Agallianos...
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Odalar Mosque (redirect from Church of St. Mary of Constantinople (Istanbul))
crypt was erected on the top of the sixth hill of Constantinople, on a plateau which is limited by the open air cistern of Aetius (now a football field) and...
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Kasım Agha Mosque (category Churches and monasteries of Constantinople)
building was erected on the top of the sixth hill of Constantinople, on a plateau which is limited by the open air Cistern of Aetius (now a football field) and...
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Magister militum (redirect from Master of the Soldiers)
Ian: Aetius: Attila's Nemesis, p. 74 Hughes, Ian: Aetius: Attila's Nemesis, p. 75 Hughes, Ian: Aetius: Attila's Nemesis, p. 85 Hughes, Ian: Aetius: Attila's...
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Byzantine Empire (redirect from Empire of the Greeks)
continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western...
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Bucellarii (category Types of cavalry unit in the army of ancient Rome)
military figures (such as Flavius Aetius and Belisarius) or civil office-holders. Their name is derived from the type of bread rations eaten by these troops...
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Carthage (redirect from Archaeological Site of Carthage)
storefront/shopfront; cisterns were installed in basements to collect water for domestic use, and a long corridor on the right side of each residence led...
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of a conflict between Felix and the military commander of Roman Africa Bonifatius, Aetius staged a coup and had Felix murdered. Bonifatius and Aetius...
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Ancient Roman architecture (redirect from Architecture of ancient Rome)
the supporting piers of the Aqueduct of Segovia, and the aqueduct-fed cisterns of Constantinople. Roman bridges, built by ancient Romans, were the first...
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Roman aqueduct (redirect from Aqueducts of Rome)
destinations, and fresh overflow water could be temporarily stored in cisterns. Aqueducts and their contents were protected by law and custom. The supply...
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usually refers to the consorts of the Roman emperors, the rulers of the Roman Empire. The duties, power and influence of empresses varied depending on...
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List of Roman bridges Roman canal Roman circus Roman cistern Roman dams and reservoirs Roman defensive walls Roman domes Forum Roman Forum List of monuments...
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Daqin (category History of the foreign relations of China)
of a river which rejoins the main stream" or more aptly "rejoined water courses". He believes this is directly related to the reservoir and cistern flood-control...
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soil health. In dry regions, farmers constructed irrigation ditches and cisterns to manage water resources efficiently. The Roman economy was largely agrarian...
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Late Roman army (category Military of ancient Rome)
succession of weak emperors ensured that this position continued, under Stilicho's successors (especially Aetius and Ricimer), until the dissolution of the Western...
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Salerno) was influenced by the treatises of the Byzantine doctors Aëtius and Alexander of Tralles as well as Paul of Aegina. The last great Byzantine physician...
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Berytus (category History of Beirut)
Riad Al Solh Square; there, at the foot of the Serail Hill, it was stored in large cisterns. An intricate network of lead or clay pipes and channels distributed...
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Ancient Roman engineering (category History of engineering)
built the extensive complex of leats and cisterns at the Roman gold mine of Dolaucothi in Wales shortly after conquest of the region in 75 AD. Water wheel...
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Ancient Roman technology (redirect from Technology of the Romans)
reservoirs and tanks or cisterns high above the present opencast. The water was used for hydraulic mining, where streams or waves of water are released onto...
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of Constantinople's early 5th century land walls. Underground cisterns in Constantinople, such as the Cistern of Philoxenos and the Basilica Cistern,...
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