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Χρονολόγιο
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408-413/412-422: Construction of the walls
439: The new wall extended to meet the sea walls (of Propontis?)
447: Damages on the wall because of an earthquake. It is immediately repaired with the efforts of the people of the city, under the threat of the Huns of Attila
2nd half of the 6th c.: Repairs on the walls by Justinian I and his heirs
610-641: The enceinte is completed with the wall of Herakleios (the Pteron) in the region of Blachernae
early 8th c.: Repairs on the wall under the theat of the Arabs
740: An earthquake causes damages on the walls. Repairs
813: A tall outer wall added to the wall of Blachernae by Leo V the Armenian
820-829: The Pteron reinforced with thre hexagonal towers
after 1261: Repairs on the Theodosian walls by Michael VIII
mid-14ου αι.: Further repairs
1432-1441: Repairs on the outer wall
1453: Fall of Constantinople
1457: Yedikule is erected in the Golden Gate area
1509, 1635, 1656: Ottoman repairs on the walls
1690, 1709: Damages caused by earthquakes
1722-1724: Renovation of the walls by Sultan Ahmed III. After the 18th c. the walls are no longer considered as an actual line of defence
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