him with, and of which he had the greatest Abhorrence, as being a Prince of remarkable Clemency and Goodness, which I am capable of proving abundantly, but that it would prove too great a Digression in the present History. The Truth of it is, that _Sozomen_ and _Evagrius_ both have sufficiently refuted these malicious Reflections. In these Calumnies, I say, I entirely differ from _Zosimus_, yet in his Description of the Extent, and Compass of the City, I am wholly in his Opinion; who, though an Enemy to _Constantine_, yet is forced to acknowledge him to have built so large, so noble, so magnificent a City. I am the more induced to give Credit to his History in this Respect, because he lived many Ages nearer to the Time of _Constantine_ than our modern _Monks_, who, in the Books they have written of _Constantinople_, give the following Account of it; namely, that _Constantine_ built a Wall from the Tower of _Eugenius_ (which was the Boundary of old _Byzantium_) to St. _Anthony_’s Church, and the Church of the _Blessed Virgin_, call’d _Rabdon_, quite up to the _Exacionion_; and that at a Mile’s Distance, it passed on to the old Gates of the Church of St. _John_ the _Baptist_, stretching itself farther to the Cistern of _Bonus_, from whence it extended itself to the _Armation_, and so winded round to St. _Anthony_’s Church again. I should give my self the Trouble to examine this Account, but that I know the Authors are so fabulous, that they are no ways to be depended upon. But this I look upon to be an intolerable Blunder, that they place the Church of St. _John Baptist_ within the Walls built by _Constantine_, whereas for many Years after his Death it continued without the City: Of which, and many other Errors, I shall take Notice in the following History. CHAP. IV. _Of the present Figure, Compass, Length and Breadth of_ Constantinople.