
163- Theodosius's Walls
The History of Rome
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The Theodosian Walls
Theodosian Walls were built in 414 during the reign of young Theodosius II, hence the name. They would repel every attempt to take Constantinople by land for a thousand years. It took the invention of the canon and then the construction of literally the biggest canon ever built by humans to finally break through.
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