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Constantinople, Milion

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The Milion was a monument erected in the fourth century AD in Constantinople as a zero-mile marker - the starting point for the measurement of distances for all the roads leading to the cities of the Byzantine Empire per analogiam to Umbilicus urbis Romae.

See:

  1. Gilbert J. Gorski; James E. Packer  The Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural Guide. Cambridge University Press, 2015,  p. 155.

Central milestone in the Byzantine road network

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Creators: Entry created by Jona Lendering (2016-01-03) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/24083
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Suggested citation: Lendering, J. , Constantinople, Milion. https://vici.org/vici/24083, accessed 2026-06-11.