The Hippodrome of Constantinople was an arena used for chariot racing throughout the Byzantine period. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1158/the-hippodrome-of-constantinople/ #History #AlexiosIKomnenos #ByzantineArchitecture #ByzantineEmperor

Michael II the Amorion, also known as Michael “the Stammerer”, was emperor of the Byzantine Empire between 820 and 829 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Michael_II/ #History #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineGovernment #LeoVtheArmenian

Constans II (aka Konstans II) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 641 to 668 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Constans_II/ #History #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineGovernment #ConstansII

The Hippodrome of Constantinople was an arena used for chariot racing throughout the Byzantine period. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1158/the-hippodrome-of-constantinople/ #History #AlexiosIKomnenos #ByzantineArchitecture #ByzantineEmperor

Isaac I Komnenos was the Byzantine emperor from 1057 to 1059 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Isaac_I_Komnenos/ #History #ByzantineEmperor #ConstantineXDoukas #IsaacIKomnenos

Constantine IV ruled as emperor of the Byzantine empire from 668 to 685 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Constantine_IV/ #History #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineGovernment #ConstansII

Justinian I reigned as emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 527 to 565 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Justinian_I/ #History #AnastasiosI #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineEmpire

Leo I was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 457 to 474 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Leo_I/ #History #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineGovernment #EmperorZeno

In 1204 CE the unthinkable happened and Constantinople, after nine centuries of withstanding all comers, was brutally sacked. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1188/1204-the-sack-of-constantinople/ #History #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineEmpire #ByzantineGovernment

Leo I was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 457 to 474 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Leo_I/ #History #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineGovernment #EmperorZeno