The Imperial University of Constantinople, sometimes known as the University of the Palace Hall of Magnaura, was an Eastern Roman educational institution in Constantinople that could trace its origin
Surviving part of the Magnaura
Colossus of Barletta, statue identified with either Leo I, Marcian or Theodosius II, founder of the University of Constantinople.
Depiction of a philosophy lesson in the university from the 12th century Madrid Skylitzes.
Constantinople, the modern Istanbul, was the capital of the Roman and Byzantine Empire from 330 until its takeover by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. After this, it continued to function as the Ottoman ca
University of Constantinople
…sometimes known as the University of the Palace Hall of Magnaura (Greek: Πανδιδακτήριον τῆς Μαγναύρας), was an Eastern Roman educational institution in Constantinople that could trace its origin to 425 AD, when the emperor Theodosius II founded the Pandidakterion (or Pandidacterium) (Medieval Greek: Πανδιδακτήριον…
Aerial view of Byzantine Constantinople and the Propontis (Sea of Marmara)
The Column of Constantine, built by Constantine I in 330 to commemorate the establishment of Constantinople as the new capital of the Roman Empire
The four bronze horses that were once in the Hippodrome of Constantinople are today put on display in Venice.
A simple cross: an example of iconoclast art in the Hagia Irene Church in Istanbul, which was secularized and today serves as a museum and concert hall.