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Where is Istanbul and what was the Hippodrome of Constantinople?
The hippodrome was an arena located in what is now known as Sultanahmet Square in modern day Istanbul. It was built by Roman Emperor Septimius Severus who conquered ancient Constantinople, known ...
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Fast and furious: Chariot races in the Roman Empire
The Hippodrome. Constantine the Great, the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, took interest in charioteering. After A.D. 330, the year he re-founded Byzantium as Constantinople, he ...
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Constantinople: The Greek Settlement That Became the World’s Greatest City
The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...
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Violence, Sex And Chariot Racing: The Story Of The Nika Riots | Only A Game - WBUR
The Hippodrome in Constantinople was the largest chariot racing stadium in the Eastern Roman Empire and the site of the Nika Riots. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ...
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Chariot racing was the NASCAR of ancient Rome | National Geographic
These same elites funded the construction of massive venues for racing, such as the Circus Maximus in Rome and the Hippodrome in Constantinople. Chariot racing’s popularity only grew as the ...
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Research Items - Nature
EXCAVATIONS AT THE HIPPODROME, CONSTANTINOPLE.—Mr. S. Casson in Discovery for March surveys the progress which has been made in the excavation of the Hippodrome at Constantinople in the two ...
Irish Sun6y
Where is Istanbul and what was the Hippodrome of Constantinople?
The hippodrome was an arena located in what is now known as Sultanahmet Square in modern day Istanbul. It was built by Roman Emperor Septimius Severus who conquered ancient Constantinople, known ...