A catalyst for this event was when two men at Sycae were spared death when the scaffolds for their hanging broke, and they fled into a church.
A catalyst for this event was when two men at Sycae were spared death when the scaffolds for their hanging broke, and they fled into a church. After not being able to find Probus during this event, a crowd burned his house. During it, a woman noted "royal purple is the noblest shroud" in refusing to leave; that woman also insisted on the execution of Anastasius' nephew in its aftermath. Participants in this event wanted to crown Hypatius, but were outmaneuvered by the eunuch Narses and slaughtered by Mundus. People in this event demanded the removal of the men who drafted the Corpus Juris Civilis. The initial participants in its violence were "Blues" and "Greens", fans of chariot races at the Hippodrome. For 10 points, what 532 riots targeted Justinian I in Constantinople?
A catalyst for this event was when two men at Sycae were spared death when the scaffolds for their hanging broke, and they fled into a church.
Nika riots 