02/23/532 AD commissioned
Emperor Justinian I decides to build a larger and more majestic basilica than the prior churches on the site.
He choses geometer and engineer Isidore of Miletus and mathematician Anthemius of Tralles as architects; Anthemius, however, died within the first year of the endeavor.
Subjects Who or What commissioned?
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Justinian I (Saint Justinian the Great) Emperor of the Byzantine...
Objects To Whom or What was commissioned?
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Hagia Sophia Originally the Christian...
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