The division of the Roman world between the sons of Theodosius marks the final establishment of the empire of the East, which, from the reign of Arcadius to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, subsisted one thousand and fifty-eight years in a state of premature and perpetual decay.
I shall not return to Constantinople until I have conquered Egypt!
A street in Constantinople is a picture which one ought to see once-not oftener.
In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.