Justinian commissioned Anthemius and Isidore to build a church surpassing all others after the previous Hagia Sophia burned in the Nika Riots. Employing 10,000 workers split into two racing teams, they completed it in five years, ten months, and four days — the largest church in the world for 700 years, its gold-mosaic interior famously causing Justinian to exclaim 'Solomon, I have surpassed thee.'
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Justinian commissioned Anthemius and Isidore to build a church surpassing all others after the previous Hagia Sophia burned in the Nika Riots. Employing 10,000 workers split into two racing teams, they completed it in five years, ten months, and four days — the largest church in the world for 700 years, its gold-mosaic interior famously causing Justinian to exclaim 'Solomon, I have surpassed thee.'
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