6; but I have tried, without success, to discover the exact place where it was situated.] [Footnote 32: The new wall of Theodosius was constructed in the year 413.

In 447 it was thrown down by an earthquake, and rebuilt in three months by the diligence of the praefect Cyrus.

The suburb of the Blanchernae was first taken into the city in the reign of Heraclius Ducange, Const.l.i.c.10, 11.] [Footnote 33: The measurement is expressed in the Notitia by 14,075 feet.

It is reasonable to suppose that these were Greek feet, the proportion of which has been ingeniously determined by M.d'Anville.
He compares the 180 feet with 78 Hashemite cubits, which in different writers are assigned for the heights of St.Sophia.Each of these cubits was equal to 27 French inches.] [Footnote 34: The accurate Thevenot (l.i.c.

15) walked in one hour and three quarters round two of the sides of the triangle, from the Kiosk of the Seraglio to the seven towers.