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930 31. building and architecture<br />

Fig. 44 Column in the Forum <strong>of</strong> Leo, Constantinople. (From Peschlow (1986) fig. 6)<br />

may have been law courts, a stoa and a basilica were erected there by 433.<br />

In the following years, Theodosius II built another basilica known as that<br />

<strong>of</strong> Anatolius, described as ‘large and well illuminated’. In c. 480 a senator<br />

constructed a tetrapylon adorned with bronze as well as two basilicas<br />

having ‘brilliant stonework’ and paved in Proconnesian marble. Following<br />

riots in 507, two basilicas, two tetrapyla and the governor’s praetorium were<br />

rebuilt. Porticoes, baths and other public buildings were restored in 526 and<br />

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