very faithful Writer. He assures us, that the Length of the City from the _Porta Aurea_ to the Sea Shore in a direct Line, was fourteen thousand and seventy five Feet, and that it was six thousand one hundred and fifty Feet in Breadth. And yet we cannot collect plainly from _Procopius_, that in the Reign of _Justinian_ the _Blachernæ_ were enclosed within the Walls, although before his Time the City was enlarged by _Theodosius the Less_, who as _Zonaras_ and others write, gave Orders to _Cyrus_ the Governour of the City for that Purpose. This Man, with great Diligence and wonderful Dispatch, built a Wall over the Continent from Sea to Sea, in sixty Days. The Inhabitants astonish’d that so immense a Work should be finish’d in so small a Time, cry’d out in a publick manner in the Theatre, in the Presence of _Theodosius_ the Emperor, _Constantine built this City, but_ Cyrus _rebuilt it_. This drew on him the Envy of his Prince, and render’d him suspected; so that being shaved by the Command of _Theodosius_, against his Inclinations, he was constituted Bishop of _Smyrna_. The following Inscriptions made to _Constantinus_, and carv’d over the Gate of _Xylocerum_ and _Rhegium_, take Notice of him in these Verses. Over the Gate of _Xylocerum_ (_Xylocercum_ or _Xylocricum_) in _Byzantium_, thus: _These Walls by_ Theodosius’ _Royal Will, And_ Constantinus _Prefect of the East, In sixty Days, surprizing Speed! were built_. Over the Gate of _Rhegium_ is this Inscription: _Great_ Constantinus, _Prefect of the East, In sixty Days this stately Building finish’d_.