The Hagia Sophia was completed in just five years, due to the thousands of “volunteer” laborers and loads of raw materials “donated” by the empire’s subjects. The church of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople. He taught physics and stereometric geometry, first in Alexandria and then in Constantinople.… Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. The Hagia Sophia was built in the remarkably short time of about six years, being completed in 537 ce. fl. 605. Anthemius of Tralles (c. 474 - c. 534) was professor of geometry at Constantinople and architect, with Isidore of Miletus, of Hagia Sophia. Architects, Mathematicians, Scholars, Engineers, Physicist, Inventor (Isidore), Writer (Anthemius) (6th century), (c447 – 558) Isidore was born in Miletus sometime during the 6th century. Anthemius of Tralles ănthē´mēəs, trăl´ēz , fl. sixth century ad. He was a scholar and architect and was the founder of an engineering school in the Byzantine Empire. Unusual for the period in which it was built, the names of the building’s architects— Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus—are well known, as is their familiarity The elder was associated with Anthemius of Tralles in rebuilding Hagia Sophia, AD 532–37; the younger rebuilt the church's dome after its destruction by earthquake, AD 553. Employed by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, the two architects, highly skilled in mechanics and mathematics, oversaw the construction of the church in just six years. The architects Isidorus of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles are known for having built the monumental church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (now Istanbul), after it burned down for a second time in 532 C.E. 532–537 C.E. Isidorus of Miletus (ĭzĭdôr`əs, mīlē`təs), name of two architects of the time of Justinian.The elder was associated with Anthemius of Tralles in rebuilding Hagia Sophia, A.D. 532–37; the younger rebuilt the church's dome after its destruction by earthquake, A.D. 553. Isidore likely died before 558, for when the dome was damaged in an earthquake that year, it was his nephew Isidorus who oversaw the repairs. sidore of Miletus was one of the two main Byzantine Greek architects (Anthemius of Tralles was the other) that Emperor Justinian I commissioned to design the cathedral Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532 to 537.

Anthemius Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus Instanbul, Turkey, 532-537 First and most important monument. The architects Isidorus of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles are known for having built the monumental church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (now Istanbul), after it burned down for a second time in 532 C.E. The architects of the new church were Isidorus of Miletus & Anthemius of Tralles.

By order of Emperor Justinian and with the aid of Isidorus of Miletus, he built (532–37) the magnificent church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. The Hagia Sophia was built in the remarkably short time of about six years, being completed in 537 CE.

Employed by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, the two architects, highly skilled in mechanics and mathematics, oversaw the construction of the church in just six years. … Byzantine engineer who, with Anthemius of Tralles, designed the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople Brother: Alexander of Tralles Alexander of Tralles, ca. Anthemius of Tralles Isidorus of Miletus Hagia Sophia Constantinpol eIstanbul from ART 1700 at Georgia State University Isidorus of Miletus ĭzĭdôr´əs, mīlē´təs , name of two architects of the time of Justinian. Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius came from an educated family; he was one of five brothers -- the sons of Stephanus, a physician of Tralles -- who … 525-ca.