Zeuxippus, Baths of - ܙܘܩܣܦܘܣ

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Situated very close to the Great Palace, Hagia Sophia and the hippodrome, the baths of Zeuxippus were the most famous public baths of Constantinople. Throughout Late Antiquity, emperors brought statues and other renowned works of art to Constantinople, many of which were put on display in the baths of Zeuxippus. The baths were burned down in 532 during the Nika riots and rebuilt by Justinian I. Joh. Eph., EH 3.24, refers to the eastern part of the city near the seashore by the name Zeuxippus, likely because of the prominence of the baths.1

Names

  • ܙܘܩܣܦܘܣ
  • Zeuxippus, Baths of
  • ܙܘܩܣܦܘܣ2
  • Bain du Zeuxippos4
  • Zeuxippos, Baths of1
  • Zeuxippos-Thermen3
  • τὸ δημόσιον λουτρὸν Ζευξίππου3

Place Type

building

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 41.006389° Long. 28.975833°5

Descriptions

Situated very close to the Great Palace, Hagia Sophia and the hippodrome, the baths of Zeuxippus were the most famous public baths of Constantinople. Throughout Late Antiquity, emperors brought statues and other renowned works of art to Constantinople, many of which were put on display in the baths of Zeuxippus. The baths were burned down in 532 during the Nika riots and rebuilt by Justinian I. Joh. Eph., EH 3.24, refers to the eastern part of the city near the seashore by the name Zeuxippus, likely because of the prominence of the baths.1
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  • 1 Alexander P. Kazhdan (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)., p: 2226.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 151, chapter: 3.3.24.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Wolfgang Müller-Wiener, Bildlexikon zur Topographie Istanbuls: Byzantion – Konstantinupolis – Istanbul (Tübingen: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1977)., p: 51.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Raymond Janin, Constantinople byzantine: Développement urbain et répertoire topographique, 2nd ed. , Archives de l'Orient chrétien, (Paris: Institut français d'études byzantines, 1964), p: 222.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Baths_of_Zeuxippus&params=41_00_23_N_28_58_33_E_region:TR_type:landmark_source:dewiki

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