Hebdomon - ܐܒܕܡܘܢ
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“The Hebdomon was a coastal suburb located seven miles to the west of Constantinople. In Late Antiquity, it possessed an important imperial residence and large parade grounds for the army, hence it was also referred to in Greek as πρόκενσον (prokenson). Emperors were, upon their accession, acclaimed by the army on the parade ground of the Hebdomon in the later fourth and fifth centuries.” 6
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- Lat. 40.976033° Long. 28.876487°7
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“The Hebdomon was a coastal suburb located seven miles to the west of Constantinople. In Late Antiquity, it possessed an important imperial residence and large parade grounds for the army, hence it was also referred to in Greek as πρόκενσον (prokenson). Emperors were, upon their accession, acclaimed by the army on the parade ground of the Hebdomon in the later fourth and fifth centuries.” 6
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- 1 p: 704., p: 704.
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 168; 263, chapter: 3.3.35; 3.5.13.
- 3 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 159; 162; 168, chapter: 3.3.30; 3.3.31; 3.3.35.
- 4 Raymond Janin, Constantinople byzantine: Développement urbain et répertoire topographique, 2nd ed. , Archives de l'Orient chrétien, (Paris: Institut français d'études byzantines, 1964), p: 446.
- 5 p: 447., p: 447.
- 6 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 704.
- 7 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/521026
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