The Remains of the Hippodrome

An arena nearly half a kilometer long, packed with 100,000 howling fans. The emperor seated along with his family in the imperial loge, disinterestedly following the proceedings. Hundreds of golden statues, columns, monuments and treasures decorating the track. And the thunderous sound of 32 horses, galloping maniacally under the whip’s cruel crack. Oh, to travel back in time and experience the Hippodrome during the Golden Age of Constantinople!

Little remains of this once great public arena....