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calla, Marcus Aureliiis, and Constantine 

 the Great. 



It was Sulla who began to adorn Troy 

 with beautiful temples, as conceived by 

 Alexander and partly executed by Ly- 

 simachus, and to see in Ilium the cradle 

 of the Roman race. Caesar also offered 

 up sacrifices to the gods at Ilium and, 

 what may not be generally known, he 

 conceived the idea of making Troy the 

 residential city and center of the Roman 

 Empire. Even Constantine thought of 

 erecting his capital at Ilium before he 

 finally selected Byzantium, in 330 A. D., 



and he gave it the name of Constanti- 

 nople. 



During the reigns of the Byzantine 

 emperors the town and citadel of Troy 

 fell into decay and was completely neg- 

 lected. The stones and marbles were 

 carried away and used as building ma- 

 terial. The Turks never attempted to 

 build a town at -or near Troy. The soil 

 and debris of a thousand years finally 

 settled down upon the classic mound, 

 completely veiling it from the outside 

 world until it was uncovered by Schlie- 

 mann, 40 years ago. — Ernest L. Harris. 



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