Heretics were burned on huge piles of wood for the public to witness. There were performances of high-wire acts on cables strung from the Dippion to the obelisks on the Spina - the long "spine" running down the center of the Hippodrome. Jugglers and acrobats were popular entertainment. Chariot racing was not the only attraction. This part of the it - the northern end - was used for public assemblies and festivals including dancing, dining and music and was an important public forum. The Hippodrome was huge and filled with statuary and public monuments. Literary Snippets: Colophons Across Space and TimeĪAR International Dissertation Research Grants, 2022–2023 Grant CycleĪrt History / Museum Studies Tenure Track Faculty, University of St.In Constantinople the famous horses were placed on top of the curved entrance to the Hippodrome, which was called the "Dippion", high above the ground. Institutions and Institutionality in Late Antiquity Law and the Body in the Early Medieval World: Byzantine Corporal Punishment in a Comparative Perspectiveīyzantine Numismatic Cataloguer and Linked-Open-Data Coordinator, Princeton University Psalters in Early Solomonic Ethiopia (1270-1527)Īssistant/Associate Tenure-track Professor in Art History, John Cabot University Verse Scholia and Some Limit Cases: Versified Paratexts on Historiography and Their Interplay Today, looking to the remnants of the Hippodrome, one can imagine the glorious past of the site. 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. The ceremonial and recreational role of the Hippodrome somehow continued during the Ottoman period. 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 Hippodrome of Constantinople was constructed in the fourth century AD, by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, in his new capital.
Cambridge Elements in the History of Constantinople.
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