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Author: Engin Akyürek Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108944485 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 133
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The Hippodrome of Constantinople was constructed in the fourth century AD, by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, in his new capital. Throughout Byzantine history the Hippodrome served as a ceremonial, sportive and recreational center of the city; in the early period, it was used mainly as an arena for very popular, competitive, and occasionally violent chariot races, while the Middle Ages witnessed the imperial ceremonies coming to the fore gradually, although the races continued. The ceremonial and recreational role of the Hippodrome somehow continued during the Ottoman period. Being the oldest structure in the city, the Hippodrome has witnessed exciting chariot races, ceremonies glorifying victorious emperors as well as the charioteers, and the riots that shook the imperial authority. Today, looking to the remnants of the Hippodrome, one can imagine the glorious past of the site.
Author: Engin Akyürek Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108944485 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 133
Book Description
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was constructed in the fourth century AD, by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, in his new capital. Throughout Byzantine history the Hippodrome served as a ceremonial, sportive and recreational center of the city; in the early period, it was used mainly as an arena for very popular, competitive, and occasionally violent chariot races, while the Middle Ages witnessed the imperial ceremonies coming to the fore gradually, although the races continued. The ceremonial and recreational role of the Hippodrome somehow continued during the Ottoman period. Being the oldest structure in the city, the Hippodrome has witnessed exciting chariot races, ceremonies glorifying victorious emperors as well as the charioteers, and the riots that shook the imperial authority. Today, looking to the remnants of the Hippodrome, one can imagine the glorious past of the site.
Author: Edwin A. Grosvenor Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781482749816 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 72
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TO THE READER. I commit this little work upon the Hippodrome to both the learned and the unlearned in the Antiquities of Constantinople. From the former I ask, and am sure of, charitable and sympathetic judgment, even as they appreciate to the full the labour and difficulty through which one strives to plod his way to the truth concerning the past days of this ancient city. To the latter I trust its perusal may afford a pleasant hour, and above all a stimulus to study themselves this and kindred subjects, of which Constantinople is so suggestive and in which it is so rich. Edwin A. Grosvenor 1889
Author: Allan Langdale Publisher: ISBN: 9780578404073 Category : Languages : en Pages : 169
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A history of the hippodrome of Constantinople / Istanbul, taking into account its architecture, art, culture of chariot racing in the Roman and Byzantine worlds.
Author: Edwin Augustus Grosvenor Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781334235672 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 68
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Excerpt from The Hippodrome of Constantinople: And Its Still Existing Monuments Metiers closes its southern end barracks and a prison are among its boundaries on the west. Three monuments, an Egyptian obelisk, a broken twisted serpent, and a crumbling pillar built of stone, stand along its centre like tombstones in the graveyard of a dead past. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Author: Edwin Augustus Grosvenor Publisher: Nabu Press ISBN: 9781293608814 Category : Languages : en Pages : 70
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Author: Engin Akyürek
Author: Engin Akyürek
Author: Edwin Augustus Grosvenor
Author: Edwin A. Grosvenor
Author: Edwin Augustus Grosvenor
Author: Allan Langdale
Author: Edwin Augustus Grosvenor
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