Hippodrome of Constantinople
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Apr 13, 2021 06:15 PM
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History
The Hippodrome was the great racetrack of the city of Constantinople and was connected to the no longer extant imperial palace. At about 450 m in length, the Hippodrome once accommodated about 100,000 spectators.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/773739435
41.0065563573, 28.9760270753
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Hippodrome of Constantinople (AD 300 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- None
- Hippodrome of Constantinople located at Constantinopolis (unspecified date range)
- Great Palace of Constantinople abuts Hippodrome of Constantinople (AD 300 - AD 1200)
- Obelisk of Theodosius connection Hippodrome of Constantinople (unspecified date range)
- Serpent Column located at Hippodrome of Constantinople (unspecified date range)
circus
- See Further:
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, 'Hippodrome of Constantinople: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/773739435> [accessed: 24 December 2024]
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