| 總結: | Much has been written about the symbolism of power of the imperial residence on the Palatine in Rome, in provincial capitals such as Salonica during the Tetrarchy, and in Constantine's new capital on the Bosporus. Like the palaces of Constantine's semi-divine pagan predecessors, the palace of Constantinople, residence of the Christian God's representative on earth, was also sacred, as attested in the official appellation, τὸ ἱερὸν παλάτιον and in literary descriptions of the main gate of the palace, the Chalke, with its gilded bronze roof reflecting the divine light of the sun. The sixth-century poet Corippus declared the palace and its ceremonies an imitation of heaven.2 The tenth-century Byzantine emperor Constantine VII compares his Book of Ceremonies, the De Cerimoniis, to a shining mirror set up in the Great Palace in which the ceremonies of the court are reflected, representing the harmony and benevolence of the Creator in the universe. Here, again, the symbolism of light and heavenly realm.
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