This happen’d in the Reign of _Leo_ the Emperor. The _Coparia_, as is plain from the 159ᵗʰ _Nov. of Justinian_, was another Part of the Suburbs, and was bequeath’d, as appears by the Codicil of _Hierius_’s Will to his Niece. There was also another Part of the Suburbs in the _Promontory_ of the Creek of _Sosthenium_, which was formerly in the Possession of _Ardaburus_, General of the Army to _Theodosius_ the _Less_. The Right of it afterwards came to _Hierius_, who was _Præfectus Prætorio_, or General of the Life-Guard to the Emperor _Zeno_. _Nicephorus_ in the 50ᵗʰ _Chap. of his_ 7ᵗʰ _Book of Eccl. Hist._ gives this Reason why it was call’d _Sosthenium_, ’Tis recorded, says he, that the _Argonauts_ of _Greece_, when they arriv’d here, began to plunder the Countrey, but were defeated by _Amycus_, who was then Governor of the Place, and being dispers’d, they wander’d about till they came to a woody unhospitable Place, where they took shelter in a large Thicket of Trees; that in this Calamity _Virtue_ came down to them from Heaven in a human Shape, having Wings like an Eagle, and by her Oracle foretold, that if they would venture another Battle, they should conquer _Amycus_. Directed by this Advice, they engag’d them again, obtain’d an entire Victory over them, slew him, and all his Forces; and that to express their Gratitude to the _Vision_, they built a Temple, and erected a Statue to her, in the Shape she appear’d to them, which gave the Place the Name of _Sosthenium_, because they _secur’d_ themselves by the second Battle. Bytharium, _or_ Philotheum.] This was also another Part of the _Suburbs_, and is mention’d as such in 159ᵗʰ _Nov. of Justinian_. The _Porta Veneta_ is mentioned by _Procopius_ in his _History of the_ Persian _War_; who, speaking of some military Officer, tells us, that when he came to the _Porta Veneta_, which stands on the Right Hand of the Palace, he halted and determin’d to march to _Hypalium_. This Gate seems to take its Name from the _Suburbs_ call’d _in Venetis_, probably because the _Venetian Faction_, a Company of Chariot-Racers dress’d in _Sky-colour’d_ Cloths, dwelt there. _Procopius_ also takes Notice of the _Pontichium_ by the Ferry, and also of the _Rusiniana_, as two other Parts of the _Suburbs_. These Places he mentions in his 1ˢᵗ _Book of the_ Persian _War_; as does also _Sozomen_ in the 21ˢᵗ _Chap._ _Book_ the 8ᵗʰ. _Of the present Buildings of_ Constantinople. _Gyllius_ assures us, that the whole City, at present, is under a visible Decay, as to its Buildings; that the Houses are low and mean, and that there’s little or nothing to be seen of its ancient Beauty and Magnificence, except in a few of their _Basha’s_ Houses, their _Mosques_, their _Bagnio’s_, and their _Caravansera’s_, which are all very noble Buildings, and are as follows. There are at least three hundred _Mosques_ built with Marble, cover’d with Lead, and shining with glossy marble Pillars.