Constantine wanted his new city to be the biggest and the best. I'm walking in what used to be the mighty Hippodrome, a chariot racing track, and it's here up to 80,000 spectators would come face ...

FIVE YEARS AGO, AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC AND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER ALL OF THESE SEATS HERE AT THE HIPPODROME WERE EMPTY. NOW THE HIPPODROME IS ON THE BRINK OF A HISTORIC SEASON ...