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SUMMARY
A large palatial complex excavated northwest of the Hippodrome (today Atmeydan) belonged to the praepositus (grand chamberlain) Antiochus serving at the court of Theodosios II (408-450). The early 5th-century monumental palace consisted of two sectors. In the southern sector there was an absidal hexagonal building which was later, probably in the 7th century, converted into the church of St. Euphemia. The northern sector of the palace was originally occupied by a large rotunda and an adjoining horse-shoe shaped portico which opens on the street running along the west side of the Hippodrome. At some point during the 5th century, when the palace was in the imperial possession, a long hall was added to the rotunda. |
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