THE HIPPODROME
Hippodrome Square is in the centre of Thessaloniki . In the Roman and Byzantine period the Hippodrome was there .
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The Hippodrome was built by the Roman Emperor Galerius , along with other buildings . Horse races (“ hippos ”= horse ) often took place and the people of Thessaloniki went there to see the emperor . In 390 C . E ., at byzantine Emperor Theodosius ’ command , 7.000 citizens of Thessaloniki were slaughtered in the Hippodrome . It continued to be used until the 7 th century C . E . Today , there is almost nothing left on site .
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