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(De Topographia Constantinopoleos 1.18)
On the ridge of this (seventh) hill there is a plain of some length and breadth. The hill itself is bounded by the land wall; and on the top of it is a cistern that is called Mocisia, which is wholly unroofed and stripped of its pillars. This cistern is nine hundred and seventy paces in circumference. Its walls, which are made of squared freestone, are still standing, and the ground where it stands is now turned into a garden.
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