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ID: 700009244
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009244
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1 2 3
Hippodrome of Constantinople (hippodrome (Greek sports building); unknown ancient Roman, under Septimius Severus; completed by...; 203-330 CE; Istanbul (İstanbul, Türkiye, Asia, World, Top of the T...; )
Note: Former structure that was the sporting and social center of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. The ruins are incorporated in the modern square, Sultan Ahmet Square. Begun under the Roman emperor Septimius Severus in 203 CE and completed by Constantine in 330.
Titles:
Hippodrome of Constantinople (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,U,U)
Hippodrome at Istanbul (C,U,English,U,U)
Circo di Costantinopoli (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Ἱππόδρομος τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (C,U,Greek-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
hippodrome (Greek sports building) [300108449] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, recreation structures, recreation buildings, sports buildings, <sports buildings by form>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 203-330 CE

Creator Display:
unknown ancient Roman, under Septimius Severus; completed by Constantine [preferred]
patron Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, 146-211 CE) [500115702]
architects unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]
patron Constantine I, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, 285-337 CE) [500115703]
Locations:
Other: Site Context: Sultanahmet Meydanı [8711562] İstanbul (province), Turkey (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Current: İstanbul [7002473] İstanbul (province), Turkey (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 41°00′23″N 28°58′33″E
Display Materials: masonry construction
masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: unavailable
Cultures:
Ancient Roman (preferred)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)

Related Works:
is architectural context for .... Horses of San Marco [700001260] until 1204
..........sculpture (visual works); unknown Roman, perhaps commissioned by the Emperor Septimus ...; 300 BCE/400 CE, more probably ...; San Marco (Venice, Venezia province, Veneto, Italy)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures
Sources and Contributors:
Hippodrome of Constantinople........ [VP]
........ Grove Art Online (2008-) in "Equestrian monument," accessed 8 February 2017
........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2007003744
Hippodrome at Istanbul........ [VP]
........ Grove Art Online (2008-) in "Newton, Charles"
Circo di Costantinopoli........ [VP]
........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Ἱππόδρομος τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως........ [VP]
........ Spyridon, History of Greece from Ancient Times (2015)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
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