The _Miliarium Aureum_ was a gilded Pillar, from whence they used to adjust the Mensuration of their Miles, and the Distances from the City. _Pliny_ tells us, that it was set up at _Rome_ in the highest Ground of the publick _Forum_; but whether the _Miliarium_ at _Constantinople_ was like that of _Rome_, the _Greek_ Historians have been so far from declaring their Opinions concerning it, that in all their Writings they have not so much as mention’d the Name of it. Yet it seems very probable to me, that it was like it, and was also seated in the _Forum_, or near it. For the _Ancient Description of the Wards_ places it in the _Ward_ where the _Forum Augusteum_ and the _Basilica_ stood, to which it adjoin’d. They who have written the History of the Atchievements of _Alexius Comnenus_ the Emperor, tell us, that at Break of Day, the Forces of _Alexius_, marching out of the great Palace, under the Command of _Sabatius_ their General, enter’d the Church of St. _John_ the _Divine_, and when they had got to the Top of the Church, they express’d themselves in a provoking manner, so that a Battle began about three in the Morning, and that many People in the _Forum_ were wounded, who fought from the Roof of the _Miliarium_, and the Top of St. _John_’s Church. The Inhabitants say, that this was the Church where the Elephants of the _Grand Seignor_ are now stabled. ’Tis near the _Hippodrom_, and the _Forum Cupedinis_, famous for Niceties, situate near the Church of St. _Sophia_, and was formerly called the _Forum Augusteum_. But to come closer to the Point: _Suidas_ says, _That in the_ Basilica, _behind the_ Miliarium, _were placed a gilded Statue of a Man, as also of an Elephant and his Keeper_; others, with more Probability, say, that these Statues were erected behind the _Basilica_, near the _Miliarium_. _Suidas_ adds, that the Statue of _Theodosius_ was placed in the _Miliarium_, and that upon the setting it up, he distributed large Donations of Corn among the People. Upon the _Equestrian_ Statue of _Theodosius_, not remaining at present, were inscrib’d these Verses. _Not the bright Sun, which gilds the Eastern Sky, With greater Lustre shines, than_ Theodosius. _See how he sits aloft in radiant Arms, And with mild Aspect views his loving People! The fiery Steed, pleas’d with the Royal Burthen, In warlike Posture seems to move, and live._