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By the early 5th century AD, there were two adjacent enclosed harbours on the [[Golden Horn]] (Prosphorion and Neorion) and two others were on the Sea of Marmara (Julian and Theodosius). | By the early 5th century AD, there were two adjacent enclosed harbours on the [[Golden Horn]] (Prosphorion and Neorion) and two others were on the Sea of Marmara (Julian and Theodosius). | ||
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''Two small ports on the northern edge of Constantinople’s peninsula, nestled in the Golden Horn estuary. In the Byzantine era both ports would have benefitted from the protection offered by the Great Chain strung across the mouth of the Golden Horn.'' | |||
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Revision as of 15:47, 4 December 2011
The Prosphorion and Neorion, the commercial port and the naval dockyard of ancient Byzantium (Constantinople), were on the north coast of the city, and in Ottoman times all important shipping, apart from a small fleet of war galleys, used harbors in the Golden Horn.
History
By the early 5th century AD, there were two adjacent enclosed harbours on the Golden Horn (Prosphorion and Neorion) and two others were on the Sea of Marmara (Julian and Theodosius).
Database entry
Two small ports on the northern edge of Constantinople’s peninsula, nestled in the Golden Horn estuary. In the Byzantine era both ports would have benefitted from the protection offered by the Great Chain strung across the mouth of the Golden Horn.
