Şehri Konstantin
City of Constantine
Mapping the remnants of Byzantine Constantinople
From Broken Bits of Byzantium (1872) by C. G. Curtis
From Broken Bits of Byzantium (1872) by C. G. Curtis
Puts forward the surprising yet well-argued thesis that Byzantium did, in fact, retain Roman political roots. Byzantine Emperors ruled very much 'for the people' — or else.
https://www.amazon.com/Byzantine-Republic-People-Power-Rome/dp/0674365402