The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Pera

Also known as Sykai

  • town
  • suburban Byzantine

The suburb of Sykai, later Pera, on the northern shore of the Golden Horn opposite Constantinople. It was a separate settlement, not a quarter inside the palace or the forum.

Type
town
Style
suburban Byzantine
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 174
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    The suburb of Sykai, later Pera, on the northern shore of the Golden Horn opposite Constantinople. It was a separate settlement, not a quarter inside the palace or the forum.

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