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University of PennsylvaniaScholarlyCommons
Departmental Papers (History of Art) Department of the History of Art
January 1998
Reconstructing ninth-century ConstantinopleRobert G. OusterhoutUniversity of Pennsylvania, [email protected]
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Reprinted from Byzantium in the Ninth Century: Dead or Alive?, edited by Leslie Brubaker (Hampshire: Ashgate, 1998, pages 115-130.
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Reconstructing ninth-century Constantinople
AbstractIn 879, following what was called a "victorious return from campaign", the Emperor Basil I staged a triumphalentry into the city of Constantinople. After spending the night at Hebdomon, he moved in solemn processiontoward the city, stopping for a costume change at the monastery of the Avraamites before passing through theGolden Gate.
CommentsReprinted from Byzantium in the Ninth Century: Dead or Alive?, edited by Leslie Brubaker (Hampshire:Ashgate, 1998, pages 115-130.
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