Packet 15: Tossup 2
Two rulers meeting in this place failed to talk a conjurer out of attempting to fly off one of its columns, resulting in his death. A ruler had the public come to this place to spit on parading monks and nuns holding hands. This place’s spina became the final destination of a pink granite obelisk raised in Karnak by Thutmose III. A tunnel directly connected the Great Palace to an area of this place reserved for the (*) emperor, the Kathisma. St. Mark’s Basilica’s Triumphal Quadriga was looted from this place. The Leukoi and Rousioi from the early history of this place were groups associated with factions of the Senate. The Venetoi and Prasinoi, or Blue and Greens, gathered in this place, which was an eastern counterpart to Rome’s Circus Maximus. For 10 points, name this massive venue in Constantinople used for chariot racing. ■END■
ANSWER: the Hippodrome of Constantinople [accept Sultanahmet Square; accept the Circus Maximus Constantinopolitanus until “Circus Maximus” is read; prompt on Circus Maximus until read; prompt on Constantinople until read]
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