Forum of Constantine

The Forum of Constantine (Greek: Φόρος Κωνσταντίνου, romanized: Fóros Konstantínou; Latin: Forum Constantini) was built at the foundation of Constantinople immediately outside the old city walls of Byzantium.

The Column of Constantine, which still stands upright and is known today in Turkish as Çemberlitaş, was erected in the centre of the square.

306-337) as Apollo,[2] but a strong gale in 1150 caused the statue and three of the column's upper drums to fall, and a cross was added in its place by the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143-1180).

It is known from the sources that the square was decorated with a number of antique statues, but it is impossible to determine their exact appearance and location.

The Forum suffered major damage in a fire started by soldiers of the Fourth Crusade in 1203.