Historical records for Roman Empire in 532, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Partisans of the chariot racing factions in Constantinople, normally divided among themselves, unite against Justinian in a revolt that has become known as the Nika riots. Orders the brutal suppression of the riots by his generals Belisarius and Mundus, 30,000 unarmed civilians are killed in the Hippodrome
Partisans of the chariot racing factions in Constantinople, normally divided among themselves, unite against Justinian in a revolt that has become known as the Nika riots. Orders the brutal suppression of the riots by his generals Belisarius and Mundus, 30,000 unarmed civilians are killed in the Hippodrome
When king Kavadh I of Persia died (September 531), Justinian concludes an "Eternal Peace" (which cost him 11,000 pounds of gold) with his successor Khosrau I
Highest-ranking military officer in the Imperial capital of Constantinople when the Nika riots broke out in the city which nearly resulted in the overthrow of Justinian, Belisarius, with the help of the magister militum of the Illyricum.
Mundus, along with Narses and John the Armenian, suppresses the rebellion with a bloodbath in the Hippodrome, the gathering place of the rebels, that is said to have claimed the lives of 30,000 people.
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