Nika riots (532 AD)

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
right
gptkbp:casualties estimated 30,000 killed
gptkbp:category Byzantine Empire history
6th-century riots
gptkbp:causedBy chariot racing factions
political discontent
gptkbp:date 532 AD
gptkbp:followedBy reconstruction of the city
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nika riots (532 AD)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Hypatius
gptkb:John_the_Cappadocian
gptkb:Theodora_(Empress)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Emperor_Justinian_I
gptkbp:precededBy previous factional violence in Constantinople
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hippodrome_of_Constantinople
gptkb:Blues_(faction)
gptkb:Greens_(faction)
gptkbp:result massacre of rioters
Justinian retained the throne
gptkbp:resultedIn destruction of much of Constantinople
thousands of deaths
gptkbp:significance led to rebuilding of Hagia Sophia
major threat to Justinian's rule
gptkbp:suppressedBy gptkb:Justinian_I
gptkb:Mundus
gptkb:Belisarius
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:late_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6