Referenced through Justinian's famous exclamation 'Solomon, I have surpassed you' upon its completion, the Hagia Sophia's construction is presented by Brownworth as the crowning visible achievement of Byzantine civilization — a monument so overwhelming that Russian envoys wrote they could not tell whether they were in heaven or on earth.
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Episode 17 (4 mentions)
Referenced through Justinian's famous exclamation 'Solomon, I have surpassed you' upon its completion, the Hagia Sophia's construction is presented by Brownworth as the crowning visible achievement of Byzantine civilization — a monument so overwhelming that Russian envoys wrote they could not tell whether they were in heaven or on earth.
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