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Map of Byzantine Constantinople. The first praetorium of the city lay to the northeast of the Hagia Sophia, the second between the Augustaion and the Forum of Constantine.

The Praetorium of Constantinople (Latin: Praetorium Constantinopolis; Greek: Πραιτώριον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως) was the edifice in Byzantine Constantinople where the urban prefect (commonly called in English the Eparch from his Greek title (ἔπαρχος τῆς πόλεως[1]) resided and dispensed justice. A jail was annexed to the praetorium. At least two buildings with this function existed in the city.

  1. ^ Heather & Moncur (2001), p. 45

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