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Χρονολόγιο
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531: First mention of the Magnaura Hall (visit of St. Sabas to Constantinople)
532: The Magnaura is burnt during the Nika Riot (then probably rebuilt by Justinian I)
596: Maurice (582-602) builds a round terrace (heliakon strongylon) near the Magnaura and erects his statue; also builds an armoury there
630s (?): The Magnaura is reconstructed by Herakleius (610-641)
784: Tarasios is chosen to be the patriarch in the Magnaura, in the presence of Empress Eirene and inhabitants of Constantinople
787: The last session of the Seventh Ecumenical Council was held in the Magnaura
Ninth century: Judicial hearings were held in the Magnaura under the emperors Nikephoros (802-811) and Basil I (867-886). Theophilos (829-842) convoked shortly after its accession a silentium to the Magnaura to condemn the assasins of the emperor Leo V. The same emperor, when he was on his deathbed, gathered people to the Magnaura complex to commend his wife and son (Michael III) to their care. Michael III (842-867) and Eudokia as well as Leo VI (887-912) and Theophano stayed in the Magnaura complex for some time after their weddings. A university was established in the Magnaura by Emperor Michael III and Caesar Bardas. Ex-patriarch Photios resided there under Basil I.
Tenth century: Audiences of foreign envoys took place there, notably those of the Tarsiote ruler Sayfaddawla and his client Nasr at-Tamali of Amida as well as of envoys of the Umayyad caliphate of Cordoba (946) and the Kiev princess Olga (957). The description of these audiences and the decoration of the hall is described in De Cerimoniis (Bk. II, Ch. 15) and also by Liutprand of Cremona, the envoy of Berengar II to the court of Constantine VII in 949.
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