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2 days ago · The current structure was built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I as the Christian cathedral of Constantinople for the Byzantine Empire between 532 and 537, and was designed by the Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles.
6 days ago · 00:10:45 - A Daily Dose of History (11 Jul 2024) Today's historical events: After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemi…
Jun 18, 2024 · Hagia Sophia, place of worship built at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) in the 6th century CE under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It is considered to be the most important Byzantine structure in the world and one of the world’s great monuments.
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- Much of the Hagia Sophia’s edifice evident today was completed in the 6th century (primarily from 532–537), during the reign of Byzantine Emperor J...
- The structure originally erected on the site of the Hagia Sophia was a Christian cathedral called the Megale Ekklesia, which was commissioned by th...
- The Hagia Sophia is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site in Istanbul. For almost a millennium after its construction, it was the largest cathedra...
- Sultan Mehmed II designated the previously Christian church a mosque shortly after he conquered the city in 1453. Bringing the structure in line wi...
- Hagia Sophia is not, in fact, the only name that the structure has gone by. Even now it’s known by several different monikers: Ayasofya in Turkish,...
4 days ago · List of Roman emperors. The Prima Porta statue of Augustus ( r. 27 BC – AD 14), the first Roman emperor. The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward. [1] .
5 days ago · Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire (467-72), killed fighting a civil war against the patrician Ricimer
1 day ago · Archimedes was born c. 287 BC in the seaport city of Syracuse, Sicily, at that time a self-governing colony in Magna Graecia. The date of birth is based on a statement by the Byzantine Greek scholar John Tzetzes that Archimedes lived for 75 years before his death in 212 BC. [8] In the Sand-Reckoner, Archimedes gives his father's name as Phidias ...
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Jun 18, 2024 · The Hagia Sophia combines a longitudinal basilica and a centralized building in a wholly original manner, with a huge 32-metre (105-foot) main dome supported on pendentives and two semidomes, one on either side of the longitudinal axis.
 (c. 420 – 11 July 472 ...](https://in.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Anthemius&ei=UTF-8&xargs=0&age=1m&fr=fp-hotsearch-hifi-in&th=115.6&tw=67.5&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fce%2Ff6%2F97%2Fcef697fcf9abdceb466b1716ef8b68a3.jpg&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F415808978073740536%2F&size=20KB&name=Anthemius%5B2%5D%28Latin%3A+Procopius+Anthemius+Augustus%29+%28c.+420+%E2%80%93+11+July+472+...&oid=3&h=404&w=236&turl=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.q41e_EImGYHO7FEQuF5fdwAAAA%26pid%3DApi%26rs%3D1%26c%3D1%26qlt%3D95%26w%3D67%26h%3D115&tt=Anthemius%5B2%5D%28Latin%3A+Procopius+Anthemius+Augustus%29+%28c.+420+%E2%80%93+11+July+472+...&sigr=5U7dSRYM2jXP&sigit=dEqGePS2DcmR&sigi=n3EXYjqFzqOD&sign=SEqUQjkxf30e&sigt=SEqUQjkxf30e "Anthemius[2](Latin: Procopius Anthemius Augustus) (c. 420 – 11 July 472 ...")
