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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XVII: Foundation Of Constantinople
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371) has shown that this epistle could not relate to Constantinople.

Might we not read, instead of the celebrated name of the obscure but more probable word Bisanthe or Rhoedestus, now Rhodosto, was a small maritime city of Thrace.

See Stephan.Byz.de Urbibus, p.

225, and Cellar.Geograph.tom.i.p.

849.] [Footnote 62: Cod.Theodos.l.xiv.13.


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