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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...