Nika riots
532 · Event
Chariot-faction riots erupt into a near-revolution in Constantinople; Justinian crushes them with thousands dead in the Hippodrome.
On these timelines: Justinian and Theodora, Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Master, Roman History
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