Wall, you still see a Fortress in its Ruins, surrounded by the Sea. The unknown Writer of _the Empire_ of _Constantinople_ asserts, That it was first called _Thema_, afterwards the _Forum_ of _Theodosius_; tho’ it seems to me rather to be the _Forum_ of _Arcadius_, by Reason the Pillar of _Arcadius_ joyns to it. For the _Forum_ of _Theodosius_, in all Probability, stood near the Port of _Theodosius_. This is no more than what is conformable to the Rules of Architecture, which prescribe, that a Market should be built near a Port. I am of Opinion, that it was formerly call’d the Port of _Eleutherius_, if we may credit those Writers who affirm, That _Constantine_ the _Great_ built a Wall from the Ridge of the first Hill to the Port of _Sophia_, and the Port of _Eleutherius_, built by _Constantine_ the _Great_, to prevent the Inundations of the Sea. ’Tis called the Port of _Eleutherius_, because, when ’twas built, he was Surveyor of the Works. It was for this Reason, that there was a Marble Statue erected to him in that Port, bearing on his Shoulders a Basket of Marble, and holding in his Hand a Marble Spade. They add further, that _Irena_, and her Son _Constantine_, built him a noble Seat; and that from that Seat, as far as the _Amastrianum_, reach’d the _Hippodrom_, which was built by _Theodosius_ the _Great_, and was demolish’d by _Irena_. _Zonaras_ writes, that _Irena_, after she was remov’d from the Government by _Constantine_ her Son, liv’d in a House which she built in the Port of _Eleutherius_. The _Portico’s_, which the _ancient Description of the Wards of the City_ names with the Epithet _Troadeæ_, others mention with that of _Troadesiæ_, and tell us, that _Constantine_ the _Great_ built the Walls of the City as far as the _Portico’s_ call’d _Porticus Troadesiæ_ (that is, the _Trojan Portico’s_) and the _Porta Aurea_, which stood in the twelfth _Ward_. I am of Opinion, that they were call’d the _Trojan Portico’s_, because they contain’d some Things of the like Kind with that which was called the _Porticus Varia_. ’Tis reported, says he, that in the _Portico_, formerly call’d _Plesiactia_, and now _Pæcilla_, or _Porticus Varia_, a celebrated Painter drew the Face of _Laodice_, on the Picture of _Elpinica_. I had not known it by the Name it goes at present, had it not been for a Spring near it which they call Χρυσοπηγὴ, as deriving its Name from the _Porta Aurea_. This Spring, to this Day, constantly flows, and is drank with great Devotion by the _Greeks_, who hold all Springs, near their Churches, to be sacred. There’s nothing of the Church remaining at present, tho’ _Procopius_ takes Notice of it. _Justinian_, says he, _built two Churches to the_ Virgin Mary, _before the Walls of the City one in the_ Blachernæ, _the other in a Place call’d_ Πηγὴ, _where there is a large Wood of Cypresses, a verdant Meadow, and a delightful Garden, which produces a great Store of fine Fruit, and where there