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name	Palatial Cistern – Construction
event type	Construction
start date	532
end date	532
date comments	Built after the Nika riots in January 532.
installations	Palatial/Palace Cistern
persons	-
description	Justinian took measures to avoid being besieged in his own palace as happened during the Nika riots in January 532. The Chronicon Paschale, Malalas and Procopius all attest the building of a cistern within the Palace.
comments	Its location is not known, but it should be in the area of the Imperial Palace (east of the Hippodrome).