Obelisks in Istanbul - Hippodrome of Constantinople, Obelisk of Theodosius, Walled Obelisk (Paperback)

Chapters: Hippodrome of Constantinople, Obelisk of Theodosius, Walled Obelisk. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Hippodrome today, with the Walled Obelisk in the foreground and Thutmosis' Obelisk on the right. Hagia Sophia Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Mosque) Location of the Hippodrome in Constantinople. Procession of the guilds in front of the Sultan in the Hippodrome, Ottoman miniature from the Surname-i Vehbi (1582). Obelisk of Thutmosis III. The base of the Obelisk of Thutmosis III showing Emperor Theodosius as he offers a laurel wreath to the victor from the Kathisma at the Hippodrome. The Serpent Column. The Walled Obelisk.The Hippodrome of Constantinople (Turkish: ) was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydan (Sultan Ahmet Square) in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with only a few fragments of the original structure surviving. It is sometimes also called Atmeydan (Horse Square) in Turkish. The word hippodrome comes from the Greek hippos ('), horse, and dromos (), path or way. Horse racing and chariot racing were popular pastimes in the ancient world and hippodromes were common features of Greek cities in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras. Although the Hippodrome is usually associated with Constantinople's days of glory as an imperial capital, it actually predates that era. The first Hippodrome was built when the city was called Byzantium, and was a provincial town of moderate importance. In 203 the Emperor Septimius Severus rebuilt the city and expanded its walls, endowing it with a hippodrome, an arena for chariot races and other entertainment. In 324, the Emperor Constantine the Great decided to move the seat of the government fro...http: //booksllc.net/?id=338651