Hippodrome
Constantinople Hippodrome
Constantinople Hippodrome is the sports and social center. Currently it is a square called Sultan Ahmet Square. To improve the image of his new capital, Constantine and his successors, most notably Theodosius the Great, brought works of art from all corners of the empire to adorn it. Among them was the Tripod of Plataea, currently known as the Serpent Column, an obelisk from Egypt and In the 10th century, Emperor Constantine VII built another obelisk, that of Constantine, at the other end of the hippodrome. It was originally covered with gilded bronze plates but they were stolen during the Fourth Crusade, leaving the interior built with stone blocks visible.
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