### q7 big crowds are powerful > A crowd of up to 100,000 people cried out for the release of the two convicts at the hippodrome the following Tuesday, and the unique scene then unravelled of the Blues and the Greens uniting in a call for justice. *Nika* (νίκα, the Greek imperative for “win!”) became the slogan of their struggle. Having failed to gain a response from the emperor, they simply took matters into their own hands. They marched that evening to the praetorium of the city prefect, burnt the building down and released the two prisoners held inside there. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fjadzhvy851axrqy1fr8phqs) - [[Chariot-Racing Hooliganism The Nika Riots of Constantinople by Antigone#q7 big crowds are powerful|View in Vault]]