Which was the most impressive city in the late Roman Empire?

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Which was the most impressive city of late antiquity? By now, we have discussed in detail the urban layout and buildings of the three great cities of the late Roman Empire, around the year 400 AD. These were Rome, then the new Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria. And in this comparison, I also want to include the other great city of the Empire, namely Antioch. Each one of those mentioned cities was incredibly splendorous beyond belief in their prime, but which one would have appeared most magnificent to a traveller of the year 400? Which was the largest in those times, and which one boasted the most monumental buildings? Well, we shall see during the course of this video, that answering this question is not as easy as we might think.