▁other ▁nep he ws ▁of ▁An ast as ius ▁were ▁well - tre ated ▁by ▁both ▁Justin ▁and ▁his ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁By z antine ▁throne , ▁Justin ian ▁I . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁the ▁N ika ▁ri ots , ▁Hyp ati us , ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁brother ▁Pom pe ius ▁and ▁Pro bus ▁( another ▁nep hew ▁of ▁An ast as ius ), ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁prime ▁candidates ▁for ▁the ▁imperial ▁throne . ▁As ▁it ▁became ▁clear ▁that ▁the ▁mob ▁wanted ▁a ▁new ▁em peror , ▁Pro bus ▁fled ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁Hyp ati us ▁and ▁Pom pe ius ▁took ▁shelter ▁in ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Palace , ▁along ▁with ▁Justin ian ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁By z antine ▁Senate . ▁They ▁did ▁not ▁wish ▁to ▁re bel ▁against ▁Justin ian , ▁fear ing ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁too ▁little ▁popular ▁support . ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁Justin ian , ▁fear ing ▁tre ach ery , ▁exp elled ▁the ▁Senate ▁from ▁the ▁Palace , ▁thus ▁us her ing ▁the ▁two ▁brothers ▁into ▁the ▁mob ' s ▁arms . ▁Hyp ati us ▁was ▁drag ged ▁away ▁from ▁his ▁house , ▁despite ▁the ▁efforts ▁of ▁his ▁wife ▁to ▁prevent ▁this , ▁and ▁was ▁proc laimed ▁em peror ▁by ▁the ▁ri oting ▁mob ▁at ▁the ▁Hi pp od rome . ▁Hyp ati us ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁there after ▁overcome ▁his ▁initial ▁rel uct ance , ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁play ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁em peror . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁ri ots ▁were ▁soon ▁successfully