[59] [59a] Some other regulations of this emperor are less liable to blame, but they are less deserving of notice.

He divided Constantinople into fourteen regions or quarters, [60] dignified the public council with the appellation of senate, [61] communicated to the citizens the privileges of Italy, [62] and bestowed on the rising city the title of Colony, the first and most favored daughter of ancient Rome.

The venerable parent still maintained the legal and acknowledged supremacy, which was due to her age, her dignity, and to the remembrance of her former greatness.
[63] [Footnote 58: Sozomen, l.ii.c.3.Philostorg.

l.ii.c.9.

Codin.
Antiquitat.Const.p.8.It appears by Socrates, l.ii.c.13, that the daily allowance of the city consisted of eight myriads of which we may either translate, with Valesius, by the words modii of corn, or consider us expressive of the number of loaves of bread.