Constantinople Saved by Sports Fans - The Rivalry of Blues and Greens

Little does one know about history if he thinks that only kings and generals were those able to save the day. Heroes existed everywhere, not only on battlefields and in royal palaces. Moreover, history showed us many times that armies of thousands, fleets and weapons were not enough to save from disaster. It was not the power, but the passion that usually saved the day. There were times when it was the passion of sports fans. In late Ancient history, Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, had the most passionate fans there were - the Blues and the Greens. If it wasn’t for them, the city would have surely witnessed the rage of one of the greatest raiders of all time - Attila the Hun.