See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

FACTION (through the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. factio, a See also:

• COMPANY

company of persons combined for See also:

• ACTION

action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion ")  , a See also:

• TERM

term, used especially with an opprobrious meaning, for a See also:

• BODY

body of partisans who put their party aims and interests above those of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state or public, and employ unscrupulous or questionable means; it is thus a See also:

• COMMON

common term of reciprocal abuse between parties . In the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman and Later Roman empires the factions ( factiones) of the See also:

• CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus and See also:

• HIPPODROME (Gr. irrbSpo,uos, from irros, horse, and Spoµos, racecourse)

hippodrome, at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, played a prominent See also:

• PART

part in politics . The factibnes were properly the four companies into which the charioteets were divided, and distinguished by the See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours they wore . Originally at Rome there were only two, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white (albata) and red (rztssata), when each See also:

• RACE

race was open to two chariots only; on the increase to four, the See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green (prasina) and See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue (veneta) were added . At Constantinople the last two absorbed the red and white factions . For a brilliant description of the factions at Constantinople- under Justinian, and the part they played in the celebrated 'Nika See also:

• RIOT (0. Fr. riote, of uncertain etymology)

riot in See also:

• JANUARY

January 532, see See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon's Decline and Fall, ch. xl.; and J . B . See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury's Appendix to in vol. iv. of his edition (1898), for a discussion of the relationship between the factiones and the demes of Constantinople .