_Of the Temple of_ Neptune, _of the Church of St._ Mina, (_or_ Menna) _of the_ Stadia, _and the Stairs of_ Timasius.
I cannot omit taking Notice of the Church of St. _Mina_, because it shews in what Part of the City the fourth _Ward_ stood, which contained the _Basilica_, the _Augusteum_, and the Church of St. _Mina_. The History of an unknown Author reports, that _Byzas_ formerly built a Temple to _Neptune_, near the _Acropolis_, by the Sea, where, he says, that in his Time stood the Church of St. _Mina_ the Martyr; though he seems to contradict himself, where he says, that the Church of St. _Mina_ was formerly the Temple of _Jupiter_, and that the Roof of it, which was arched with Marble, was supported with two large Pillars. So that I can conclude nothing from the Uncertainty of this Writer, but that it seems more probable to me, that the Church of St. _Mina_ stood in those Parts of the _Acropolis_, in which formerly stood the Temple of _Neptune_, as appears from _Dionysius_ an antient Writer of _Byzantium_, who says, that a little above the _Promontory_ of the _Bosporus_, was erected an Altar to _Minerva Egressoria_, and the Temple of _Neptune_; and that below the Temple of _Neptune_ were the _Stadia_, and the _Gymnasia_, where they diverted themselves with martial Sports and Exercises, as I have shewn more at large in my Treatise of the _Bosporus_. I am confirmed in this Opinion from the Information of some of the Inhabitants now living, who told me, that within the Imperial Precinct, formerly called the _Acropolis_, stood the Church of St. _Mina_. The _Antient Description of the Wards of the City_ tells us, that the Church of St. _Mina_ stood in the same Ward with the _Stadia_, and the Stairs of _Timasius_. _Procopius_ writes, _That at the Place called the_ Stadium, _near the Sea, where they exercised themselves in martial Sports, the Emperor_ Justinian, _and his Empress_ Theodora, _built some large Inns for the Entertainment of Strangers_.
_Of the_ Lausus, _and its Statues; namely, a_ Venus _of_ Cnidos, _a_ Juno _of_ Samos, _a_ Minerva _of_ Lindia, _a winged_ Cupid, _a_ Jupiter Olympius, _a_ Saturn, _Unicorns, Tygers, Vultures, Beasts that are half Camels, and half Panthers; of the_ Cistern _of the Hospital called_ Philoxenos, _and the_ Chrysotriclinium.