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| 532 Jan 18 | |
| The Nika uprising at Constantinople failed and 30-40,000 died. | |
| Source:(ATC, p.33)(MC, 1/18/02) | |
| Justinian and his wife Theodora attend festivities at the Hippodrome, a stadium for athletic competition. Team support escalated from insults to mob riots and in the end Constantinople lay in ruins. Justinian proceeded to rebuild the city with extensive commissions for religious art and architecture, including the new Hagia Sophia. |