A nephew of Anastasius I who was the mob's second choice for emperor during the Nika Revolt. He hid under his bed when they came for him but was dragged out regardless, carried to the Hippodrome on the crowd's shoulders, and crowned with a golden necklace placed in the imperial box. After Belisarius's troops crushed the revolt, a sympathetic Justinian was inclined to pardon the terrified old man, but Theodora insisted he be executed as a focal point for rebellion.
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A nephew of Anastasius I who was the mob's second choice for emperor during the Nika Revolt. He hid under his bed when they came for him but was dragged out regardless, carried to the Hippodrome on the crowd's shoulders, and crowned with a golden necklace placed in the imperial box. After Belisarius's troops crushed the revolt, a sympathetic Justinian was inclined to pardon the terrified old man, but Theodora insisted he be executed as a focal point for rebellion.
“The mob had found a new favorite, another nephew of Anastasius named Hypatius.”
“Even the terrified Hypatius wasn't spared.”
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