MAVİLER VE YEŞİLLER: BİZANS ATLI ARABA YARIŞLARI ÇERÇEVESİNDE TARAFTAR GRUPLARI

Atın evcilleştirilmesi ve arabanın ilk kez kullanımıyla birlikte sürekli hale gelen atlı araba yarışları, sıradan Bizans vatandaşının hayatındaki en önemli olaydı. Yarışlar, izleyenlere hayatının başka hiçbir alanında kendisine sunulmayan eğlenceli ve heyecan verici eylemleri gerçekleştirmesini sağladı. İnsanlar bir takım rengi seçti ve seçtiği takımı destekleyerek bastırılmış duygularını özgür bıraktı. Gelenekselleşen ve büyük ilgi uyandıran atlı araba yarışlarının düzenlendiği hipodrom, toplumsal memnuniyetsizliğin veya uyumun, imparatorluğun sorunlarının ya da refahının açıkça ifade edildiği bir arena haline geldi. Diğer yandan, yarışlar imparatora halkın durumunu değerlendirme imkânı sunarken, halka ise taleplerini imparatora iletme fırsatı tanıdı. Böylece insanların aidiyet duygusu canlı tutuldu. Bu çalışmada, Bizans döneminde düzenlenen atlı araba yarışları çerçevesinde taraftar grupları ele alınmış olup, taraftar gruplarının Bizans’ın toplumsal ve siyasi hayatındaki yeri incelenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

: Bizans, Hipodrom, Atlı araba yarışları, Maviler ve Yeşiller

BLUES AND GREENS: CIRCUS FACTIONS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF BYZANTINE CHARIOT RACES

The chariot races, which became continuous through the domestication of the horse and the first use of the car, were the most important event in the life of the ordinary Byzantine citizens. The races enabled the audience to have fun and exciting actions that were not presented to them in any other part of its life. People chose a set of colours and supported their chosen team, liberating their suppressed feelings. The hippodrome, where the traditional and very interesting chariot races were held, became an arena where social dissatisfaction or harmony, problems or prosperity of the empire were clearly expressed. In other respects, while the races gave the emperor the opportunity to evaluate the situation of the people and the people the opportunity to convey their demands to the emperor. In this study, the circus factions within the framework of the chariot racing organized during the Byzantine period, and the importance of circus factions in Byzantine social and political life was examined.

Keywords:

Byzantine, Hippodrome, Chariot races, Blues and Greens,

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