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surmounted by an equestrian statue of Arcadius, placed there in 421 by his son, Theodosius II. This statue was eventually toppled from the column and destroyed during an earthquake in 704. The column itself remained standing for another thousand years until it was deliberately demolished in 1715,
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or "Women's Bazaar", which was mistaken with the Slave Market at Tavukpazari near Nur-u Osmaniye used for the auctioning of female slaves, otherwise known as 'Cariye', which technically during the period had a completely different social status than regular slaves. This practice was abolished in
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when it appeared to be in imminent danger of collapsing on the neighboring houses. Now all that remains are the mutilated base and some fragments of sculpture from the column which are on display in the
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Ozguven,Burcu Assist. Prof. Dr. "A market place in the Ottoman Empire: Avrat Pazari and its surroundings." Article Ref(18)Sakaoglu (1993). p. 431
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Necipoglu, Nevra. "Byzantine Constantinople: Monuments, Topography and Everyday Life". Leiden, Koninklijke, 2001. p31.
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in Rome. At the top of the column, which was more than 50m high, there was an enormous
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1847 during Reshid Pasha's time possibly due to the British influence
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Built in 403, it was built in the Xerolophos area and was the last
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and the Golden Gate in a line of forums, including the
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Arcadius
Constantinople
Istanbul
forum
Constantinian city walls
Forum of Theodosius
Forum of Constantine
Forum Bovis
Forum Amastrianum
Mese
Ottomans
Avrat Pazarı
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
Column of Arcadius
Trajan's Column
Corinthian capital
Istanbul Archaeological Museum
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'Count Marcellinus and his Chronicle'
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Constantinople
Amastrianum
Augustaion

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