42 MifcelkmaCuriofa. Vol. Ill- 



cedm upon the oppofite Bythinim^^iox^ iBay be 

 aboat three or four miles. 



In the Walls are engraven theNames of fe- 

 veral Emperors^ who reigned to^ward the de- 

 clenfion of the O-r^eim Empire, as Theof hilm^ 

 Mkhacl^ Baflius^ Confiantius Porfhyr&genitm^ 

 by whofe care, and at whofe expence the fe- 

 deral breaches caufed in them by the Sea or 

 by Earth-quakes, were repaired. 



Kumkdpi or the fand-gate lies toward the 

 Prepomis'j this the Greeks caM in their vulgar 

 language ^ovJ^o(tkcIm, Contofialiumy or the little 

 leak or landing-place. Here formerly was 

 an Arfenal for Gallies and other fmall vefTels ^ 

 it being a convenient paflage over Sea. Over 

 this Gate was anciently engraven a curious 

 Infcription ftill preferved in that excellent 

 colleftion publifhed by h Grmerus. 



JedicuU Kitfi^ or the Gate of the feven 

 Towers, fo called from its nearnefs to that 

 Acrofolis^ is that, I guefs, which the Greeks 

 formerly called yj^^'^ or the Golden Gate, and 

 by fortie late Latin Writers Chryfea^ in Lmt^-^ 

 frandus^ Carea^ by a miftake either of the 

 Tranfcriber or Printer, for Aurea^ fov fo cer- 

 tainly it mufl be mended. Over this Gate was 

 this infcription, 



H(Zc loca Theudofius decor at pafi fata Tyrannic 

 Aurea feclagerit^ qui fort am conftruit aurd. 



cited by Sirmond in his notes upon ^ Sidoniml 

 This Gate is in the twelfth Region, and was 



alfo 



