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January 11, 532: The Sports Riot That Changed An Empire

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January 10, 2026

People have always been passionate about their favorite sports teams. On January 11, 532, a quarrel that began among rival chariot-racing factions in the Hippodrome of Constantinople erupted into one of the most violent urban uprisings of antiquity: the Nika riots. What started as…

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