When it was opposite to the throne of the reigning emperor, he rose from his seat, and with grateful reverence adored the memory of his predecessor.

[67] At the festival of the dedication, an edict, engraved on a column of marble, bestowed the title of Second or New Rome on the city of Constantine.

[68] But the name of Constantinople [69] has prevailed over that honorable epithet; and after the revolution of fourteen centuries, still perpetuates the fame of its author.

[70] [Footnote 64: Codinus (Antiquitat.p.

8) affirms, that the foundations of Constantinople were laid in the year of the world 5837, (A.D.