The Imperial District in Constantinople
The Hippodrome by Antoine Helbert (antoine-helbert.com)
Relief of Porphyrius the Charioteer (now in the Istanbul Archeological Museum)
2nd relief of Porphyrius the Charioteer (now in the Istanbul Archeological Museum)
In part 2 we go down to the Hippodrome floor to see the glorious arena Constantine built and discover how a race was won. Then we cover the life story of Porphyrius from child prodigy to retiring champion. Finally we see the historical detective work which made this story possible.
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The History of Byzantium 
Crowd in Rio chanting “Zika” at sporting event
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/07/beach-volleyball-crowd-zika-jeers-americans/88366392/
Couldn’t help but remind me of a similar chant at the hippodrome that didn’t end so well…
Crowd in Rio chanting “Zika” at sporting event
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/07/beach-volleyball-crowd-zika-jeers-americans/88366392/
Couldn’t help but remind me of another crowd chanting something similar at the hippodrome… which didn’t turn out too well for them.
That’s funny!
Looking forward to the next episode…
Loved this one. I can imagine a historian from a post-apocalyptic world 2000 years from now talking about Messi and sounding a lot like this.