_Bezestan_, or their _Exchange_, stands at present, and where the most valuable Goods of all Kinds are kept, as they were in the Reigns of the _Christian_ Emperors, in the Building called the _Lampterum_, which I believe formerly stood in another Place. I am prevailed upon to be of this Opinion, when I consider the Ruines occasioned by the Fire, which happened in the Reign of _Justinian_; and which, as _Cedrinus_ relates, destroyed, among other Edifices, the Church of St. _Sophia_, the Place where they kept the _Records_ of it, the _Octogon_, the Baths of _Zeuxippus_, and the famous Structure of the _Lampterum_, so called, by reason of the _Lights_ burning there every Night. This Building was roofed with Wood, where the most costly Commodities, such as Silks, Velvets, and the richest _Brocades_ were reposited. In short, this Fire consumed every Thing, which the former Fire had spar’d. I might not improperly have called it λαμπτῆρες, which in _Latin_ signifies _Lucernæ_, as ’tis confirmed by the Authorities of _Livy_ and _Pliny_. CHAP. VI. _Of the Street called_ Taurus, _the_ Forum _of_ Theodosius, _the Pillar of_ Theodosius _with Winding Stairs, of the_ Tetrapylum, _the_ Pyramidical _Engine of the Winds, the Statues of_ Arcadius _and_ Honorius, _of the Churches of_ Hirena _and_ Anastasia, _and the Rocks called_ Scyronides. When I was quite out of Heart as to Discovery of the seventh _Ward_, and the _Taurus_, without which no Discovery could be made of the eighth _Ward_, I made the best Enquiry I could after some other Buildings, which might lead me into the Knowledge of them. And after I had searched for the Situation of the Pillar of _Theodosius_ for a considerable Time, I was informed by some antient Persons, that it stood on the Top of the _Promontory_, where the Plain of the third Hill extends it self, which is near the New _Bagnio_ built by _Bajazet_ the Emperor, who had demolished that Pillar above forty Years before I came to _Byzantium_, that he might build his _Bagnio_ with more Convenience. Beyond that Bath, Northward, there is a broad Way, where there are three Booksellers Shops, and an antient Cistern; more towards the South is the _Seraglio_. This broad Way widens Eastward into a large _Area_, at the farther End of which is the Sepulchre of _Bajazet_ the Emperor, with a Mosque, and a _Caravansera_. _Cedrinus_ relates, that this Pillar of _Theodosius_ is, in all Parts, like that which was erected by _Arcadius_, and is still standing in the _Xerolophum_, which I shall have Occasion to describe hereafter. _Zonaras_ writes, that the Pillar in the _Taurus_, erected at the Expence of _Theodosius_, whereon were expressed the Trophies he took, and his well-fought Battles with the _Scythians_, and barbarous Nations, with his own Statue at the Top of it, was thrown down by an Earthquake, the same Year that _Old Rome_ was taken. _Anastasius_ the Emperor ordered many