The Circus, or Hippodrome, was a stately building about four hundred paces in length and one hundred in breadth.Constantinople Founded, featuring a
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Into which many desire to enter; knowing that by grace ye are saved; not by works, but by the will of God through Jesus Christ.Continuing Early
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