the hippodrome in Constantinople

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• Hippodrome of Constantinople — The Hippodrome of Constantinople ( tr. Sultanahmet Meydanı, At Meydanı) was a horse racing track that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire and the largest city in Europe. Today it is a square named …   Wikipedia

• Hippodrome De Constantinople — L hippodrome de Constantinople aujourd hui …   Wikipédia en Français

• Hippodrome de constantinople — L hippodrome de Constantinople aujourd hui …   Wikipédia en Français

• Hippodrome de Constantinople — 41° 00′ 23″ N 28° 58′ 33″ E / 41.0064, 28.9758 …   Wikipédia en Français

• Constantinople — This article is about the city before the Fall of Constantinople (1453). For a more detailed approach after 1453, see History of Istanbul. For other uses, see Constantinople (disambiguation). Map of Byzantine Constantinople …   Wikipedia

• Hippodrome —    An arena for chariot racing. Long, narrow hippodromes like the Circus Maximus in Rome (q.v.) were common in major cities throughout the empire, and charioteers were popular figures. The Hippodrome in Constantinople (q.v.) was situated next to… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

• Hippodrome (disambiguation) — A hippodrome (from the Greek hippos meaning horse and dromos meaning racecourse ) was an ancient Grecian horse and chariot racing course and arena.Hippodrome may also refer to: * The Hippodrome of Constantinople. * A modern horse racing track,… …   Wikipedia

• Hippodrome — A Hippodrome (Gr. from hippos , horse, and dromos , race, course) was a course provided by the Greeks for horse racing and chariot racing. Some present day horse racing tracks are also called hippodromes, for example the Central Moscow Hippodrome …   Wikipedia

• Constantinople — • Capital, formerly of the Byzantine, now of the Ottoman, Empire (As of 1908, when the article was written.) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Constantinople     Constantinople …   Catholic encyclopedia

• hippodrome — hippodromic /hip euh drom ik/, adj. /hip euh drohm /, n. 1. an arena or structure for equestrian and other spectacles. 2. (in ancient Greece and Rome) an oval track for horse races and chariot races. [1540 50; < L hippodromos < Gk hippódromos,… …   Universalium

• Constantinople — (Modern Istanbul). Capital of Byzantium (q.v.) from 324 1453, except for 1204 1261 when it was the capital of a Latin Empire founded by the Fourth Crusade (qq.v.). Constantine I (q.v.) s motives in establishing the new capital in 324 (dedicated… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium