‘This Fortunate City’: Constantinople Considered as Talisman, Part II
The sixth-century East-Roman antiquarian John of Lydia tells us that a student of Iamblichus, Sōpater of Syria, helped Constantine out with theurgic rituals at the founding of the New Rome. In this episode we consider the swirl of evidence around this supposed event. Featuring a cameo appearance from the eschatological polar gate.
