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The Obelisk of Theodosius, originally erected by Pharaoh Thutmose III at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, was brought to Constantinople by Theodosius the Great for adorning the spina of the Hippodrome. Another emperor to adorn the Hippodrome was Theodosius the Great , who in 390 brought an obelisk from Egypt and erected it inside the racing track.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople — an ancient horse racing venue and circus in the Fatih district of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey). Pages in category "Hippodrome of Constantinople" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Walled Obelisk, (left) the Serpent Column (centre) and the Obelisk of Theodosius (right).At Meydanı (Hippodrome of Constantinople), 1853. The 32 m (105 ft)-high obelisk was most likely a Theodosian construction, built to mirror the Obelisk of Theodosius on the spina of the Roman circus of Constantinople; the Circus Maximus in Rome also had two obelisks on its spina.
The obelisk was first erected during the 18th dynasty by Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425 BC) to the south of the seventh pylon of the great temple of Karnak.The Roman emperor Constantius II (337–361 AD) had it and another obelisk transported along the river Nile to Alexandria to commemorate his ventennalia or 20 years on the throne in 357.
The original Horses inside the St Mark's Basilica The replica Horses of Saint Mark. The Horses of Saint Mark (Italian: Cavalli di San Marco), also known as the Triumphal Quadriga or Horses of the Hippodrome of Constantinople, is a set of bronze statues of four horses, originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga (a four-horse carriage used for chariot racing).
Height above ground Comment 478 BC Serpent Column: Turkey Istanbul: Hippodrome of Constantinople: 41.005651 N 28.975113 E 8 m Originally part of a tripod at Delphi: 115 BC Heliodorus Pillar: India Vidisha: Madhya Pradesh, Central India 23.549508 N 77.800093 E
The Virgin Mary rising from among the walls of Constantinople. Coin of Michael VIII Palaiologos, commemorating the recapture of Constantinople in 1261. During the siege of the city by the Fourth Crusade, the sea walls nonetheless proved to be a weak point in the city's defences, as the Venetians managed to storm them.
The Covered Hippodrome (Greek: σκεπαστός ἱππόδρομος) was a covered courtyard that served as an antechamber to the Great Palace of Constantinople in Istanbul, Turkey. The French scholar Rodolphe Guilland also equated it with the emperors' private hippodrome.