Nika riots

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The Nika riots were a massive and violent uprising in Constantinople in 532 CE that nearly overthrew Emperor Justinian I before being brutally suppressed, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nika riots canonical 11
Nika insurrection 1
Nika riots of 532 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil disturbance ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
riot ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
followedBy major rebuilding of Constantinople ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Nika insurrection ⓘ
linked to: Nika riots

Nika revolt ⓘ
hasCapital Constantinople ⓘ
hasCause corruption of imperial officials ⓘ
discontent with Justinian I’s rule ⓘ
factional rivalry between Blues and Greens ⓘ
high taxation ⓘ
resentment against prefect John the Cappadocian ⓘ
resentment against quaestor Tribonian ⓘ
hasCommanderForSuppression Belisarius ⓘ
Mundus ⓘ
hasCountry Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact destruction of buildings near the Hippodrome ⓘ
reconstruction of the Hagia Sophia ⓘ
hasEconomicContext financial strain from wars and building projects ⓘ
hasEndDate 532-01-18 ⓘ
hasEstimatedDeaths approximately 30,000 ⓘ
tens of thousands ⓘ
hasHistoricalSource Chronicon Paschale ⓘ
Procopius of Caesarea ⓘ
linked to: Procopius
hasInfluentialFigure Empress Theodora ⓘ
hasKeyBattleOrAction massacre in the Hippodrome ⓘ
hasLanguageOfChant Greek ⓘ
hasLocation Constantinople ⓘ
Hippodrome of Constantinople ⓘ
hasMainProtagonist Belisarius ⓘ
Blues (chariot racing faction) ⓘ
Byzantine Senate ⓘ
Greens (chariot racing faction) ⓘ
Justinian I ⓘ
Mundus ⓘ
Theodora ⓘ
hasMeaningOfChant Conquer ⓘ
hasMottoOrChant Nika ⓘ
hasNotableSpeech Theodora’s speech urging Justinian not to flee ⓘ
hasOutcome consolidation of Justinian I’s power ⓘ
massacre of rioters ⓘ
suppression of the revolt ⓘ
hasPoliticalEffect removal of unpopular officials ⓘ
strengthening of imperial authority ⓘ
hasReligiousContext tensions between different Christian theological factions ⓘ
hasSignificance nearly overthrew Emperor Justinian I ⓘ
one of the most violent urban riots in Byzantine history ⓘ
hasStartDate 532-01-13 ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 532 CE ⓘ
hasTriggerEvent attempted execution of faction members ⓘ
precededBy earlier factional riots in Constantinople ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justinian dynasty → notableEvent → Nika riots ⓘ
Theodora → associatedWithEvent → Nika riots ⓘ
Petrus Sabbatius → notableEvent → Nika riots ⓘ
Hippodrome of Constantinople → siteOf → Nika riots of 532 ⓘ
linked to: Nika riots
Procopius → describedEvent → Nika riots ⓘ
Constantinople → significantEvent → Nika riots ⓘ
subject linked to: Constantinople (probable)
Nika riots → hasAlternativeName → Nika insurrection ⓘ
linked to: Nika riots
Early Byzantine period → hasEvent → Nika riots ⓘ
Hagia Irene → damagedBy → Nika riots ⓘ
Blues → involvedIn → Nika riots ⓘ
Atmeydanı → associatedWith → Nika riots ⓘ