The riot began as a result of failed communication between emperor and people in the hippodrome. Did you know that the hippodrome was not just for watching races? It was a critical space for communication between people and sovereign: https://t.co/Q5RwY2g
RT @byzantineprof: Pleased to announce the publication of my latest, "The Emperor and His People at the Chariot Races in Byzantium" in The…
RT @byzantineprof: Pleased to announce the publication of my latest, "The Emperor and His People at the Chariot Races in Byzantium" in The…
“The best modern account of the Nika Riot is Geoffrey Greatrex, ‘The Nika Riot: A Reappraisal’, J of Hellenic Studies 117 (1997): 60–86. But see also revisionist account of Mischa Meier, ...Justinian und der Nika-Aufstand’, Z. für Papyrologie und Epigraphi