Theodosian Walls

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Byzantine architecture city wall fortification late Roman architecture

The Theodosian Walls are the massive late Roman and Byzantine defensive fortifications that protected Constantinople for over a millennium until its fall in 1453.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Theodosian Walls canonical	12
Theodosian Walls of Constantinople	3
land walls of Constantinople	2
Byzantine fortifications of Constantinople	1
City Walls of Istanbul	1
Land Walls of Constantinople	1
Land Walls of Theodosius and their associated conservation area	1
Theodosian land walls of Constantinople	1
Walls of Constantinople sea walls	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine architecture ⓘ city wall ⓘ fortification ⓘ late Roman architecture ⓘ
approximateLength	about 6.5 kilometers ⓘ
builtBy	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
builtUnderAuthorityOf	Theodosius II ⓘ surface form: Emperor Theodosius II
constructionEnd	c. 413 ⓘ
constructionStart	c. 408 ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of the strength of Constantinople ⓘ
currentStatus	partially preserved ⓘ
damagedBy	earthquakes ⓘ
feature	double-wall system ⓘ terrace between inner and outer walls ⓘ
hasPart	gates ⓘ inner wall ⓘ moat ⓘ outer wall ⓘ towers ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of the Historic Areas of Istanbul UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine era Late Antiquity ⓘ
inUseUntil	1453 ⓘ
locatedIn	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Istanbul ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ mortar ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Theodosius II ⓘ
notableGate	Gate of Charisius ⓘ Gate of Rhegion ⓘ Golden Gate of Constantinople ⓘ
orientation	land walls on western side of Constantinople ⓘ
partiallyBreachedIn	1204 ⓘ 1453 ⓘ
partOf	defensive system of Constantinople ⓘ
purpose	defense of Constantinople ⓘ
repairedBy	Byzantine emperors ⓘ Heraclius ⓘ Justinian I ⓘ Theodosius II ⓘ
separatedFrom	Byzantine fortifications ⓘ surface form: sea walls of Constantinople
significantEvent	Sack of Constantinople in 1204 ⓘ surface form: Fourth Crusade siege of 1204 Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD ⓘ surface form: Ottoman siege of 1453 defense during the Arab sieges of Constantinople ⓘ defense during the Avar–Persian siege of 626 ⓘ defense during the Rus' attacks on Constantinople ⓘ
supervisedBy	Anthemius (praetorian prefect) ⓘ
usedFor	defense against land attacks ⓘ protection against sieges ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD → hasPrimaryLocationFeature → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

Historic Areas of Istanbul → contains → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: City Walls of Istanbul

Historic Areas of Istanbul → contains → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land Walls of Constantinople

Historic Areas of Istanbul → hasComponent → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land Walls of Theodosius and their associated conservation area

Siege of Constantinople 1422 → defensiveStructure → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

Fatih district → contains → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

Byzantine Empire (as ally during 1453 siege) → defenseFeature → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

Anthemius (praetorian prefect) → associatedWith → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

Golden Gate of Constantinople → partOf → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodosian Walls of Constantinople

Golden Gate of Constantinople → associatedWith → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

Gate of Charisius → locatedIn → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

Gate of Charisius → partOf → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: land walls of Constantinople

Gate of Rhegion → partOf → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

Gate of Rhegion → locatedOn → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: land walls of Constantinople

Constantinople (probable) → hasLandmark → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantinople

Constantinople (probable) → fortification → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantinople

Byzantine fortifications → notableExample → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodosian Walls of Constantinople

Byzantine fortifications → notableExample → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walls of Constantinople sea walls

Fatih, Istanbul → contains → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodosian Walls of Constantinople

Siege of Constantinople (626) → defensiveWork → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

Chora Church in Constantinople → nearbyLandmark → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

subject surface form: Chora Church

this entity surface form: Theodosian land walls of Constantinople

First Arab siege of Constantinople (674–678) → defensiveMeasure → Theodosian Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine fortifications of Constantinople