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The Hippodrome of Constantinople (Turkish: Sultanahmet Meydan©¥, At Meydan©¥) was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire and the largest city in Europe. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydan©¥ (Sultan Ahmet Square) in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with only a few fragments of the original structure surviving. It is sometimes also called Atmeydan©¥ (Horse Square) in Turkish.
The word hippodrome comes from the Greek hippos ('¥é¥ð¥ð¥ï?), horse, and dromos (¥ä¥ñ¥ï¥ì¥ï?), path or way. Horse racing and chariot racing were popular pastimes in the ancient world and hippodromes were common features of Greek cities in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras.
