The Hippodrome

Author : Engin Akyürek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108944485
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hippodrome of Constantinople written by Engin Akyürek and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hippodrome of Constantinople was constructed in the fourth century AD, by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, in his new capital. Throughout Byzantine history the Hippodrome served as a ceremonial, sportive and recreational center of the city; in the early period, it was used mainly as an arena for very popular, competitive, and occasionally violent chariot races, while the Middle Ages witnessed the imperial ceremonies coming to the fore gradually, although the races continued. The ceremonial and recreational role of the Hippodrome somehow continued during the Ottoman period. Being the oldest structure in the city, the Hippodrome has witnessed exciting chariot races, ceremonies glorifying victorious emperors as well as the charioteers, and the riots that shook the imperial authority. Today, looking to the remnants of the Hippodrome, one can imagine the glorious past of the site.

Author : Carolyn Willekes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786720094
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Horse in the Ancient World written by Carolyn Willekes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The domestication of the horse in the fourth millennium BC altered the course of mankind's future. Formerly a source only of meat, horses now became the prime mode of fast transport as well as a versatile weapon of war. Carolyn Willekes traces the early history of the horse through a combination of equine iconography, literary representations, fieldwork and archaeological theory. She explores the ways in which horses were used in the ancient world, whether in regular cavalry formations, harnessed to chariots, as a means of reconnaissance, in swift and deadly skirmishing (such as by Scythian archers) or as the key mode of mobility. Establishing a regional typology of ancient horses - Mediterranean, Central Asian and Near Eastern - the author discerns within these categories several distinct sub-types. Explaining how the physical characteristics of each type influenced its use on the battlefield - through grand strategy, singular tactics and general deployment - she focuses on Egypt, Persia and the Hittites, as well as Greece and Rome. This is the most comprehensive treatment yet written of the horse in antiquity.

Author : Elbert Hubbard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fra written by Elbert Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
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Download or read book The Theatre written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 390 pages
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Author : Robert Grau
Publisher : New York : Broadway
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
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Download or read book The Business Man in the Amusement World written by Robert Grau and published by New York : Broadway. This book was released on 1910 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : W. J. Thorold
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
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Total Pages : 976 pages
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Author : W. J. Thorold
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
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Author : Rachel Hayward
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
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Download or read book The Hippodrome written by Rachel Hayward and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: