Byzantine Hoop-trundling Mosaic

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Rome and Byzantium
by Hagia Sophia Research Team
published on 11 January 2018
Byzantine Hoop-trundling Mosaic Download Full Size Image

Hoop-trundling: Four children are trundling hoops in this mosaic panel. Hoop-trundling was a popular sport and believed to be a healthy activity. Two boys are wearing blue shawls while the other two are wearing green ones, which represents the rivalry of ‘the Blues’ and ‘the Greens’ - two political fractions of the time originating from the races held at the Hippodrome.

Period: Early Byzantine, circa 6th. century CE. Place: Constantinople, (Modern Istanbul, Turkey). Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.

The Great Palace Mosaic Museum was inaugurated in 1987 CE. The mosaics in the museum mostly depict animals and humans in nature, mythological, pastoral motifs and hunting scenes. Once located in today’s Sultan Ahmet District, the Great Palace of Constantinople was built by Constantine the Great. The Palace area extended from the Hippodrome to the coastline. Destroyed in the Nika Riot in the 6th century CE, the Great Palace was rebuilt by Justinian I. The mosaics, decorating the floors of the museum today date back to that restoration time. The mosaics are just one-seventh of the original work.

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Team, H. S. R. (2018, January 11). Byzantine Hoop-trundling Mosaic. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7816/byzantine-hoop-trundling-mosaic/

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