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Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Palestra Floor Mosaic, Adjoining a Villa Bathhouse

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Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Palestra Floor Mosaic, Adjoining a Villa Bathhouse, 2011

This mosaic adorned the floor of the palestra, or rectangular court meant for exercise or bathing, adjoining the bathhouse of a villa in Sicily. The…

Living Late Antiquity team, The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

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Living Late Antiquity team, The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 2009

A close-up of the tiling on the Dome of the Rock, Jeruaalem, from the Noble Sanctuary, the site of the Second Temple.

Petar Milosevic, Detail of Mosaic of Justinian and Theodora

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Petar Milosevic, Detail of Mosaic of Justinian and Theodora, 27 April 2015

This image is a side by side detailed comparison of the mosaics of Justinianus I and Theodora from the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Itlay.

McKay Savage, El Djem Tunisia Amphitheatre

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McKay Savage, El Djem Tunisia Amphitheatre, 23 December 2012

Built during the first part of the third century CE, this large amphitheater features subterranean structures and limestone seating.

A cargo worker at Ostia

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A cargo worker at Ostia, 2017

The relief is currently a part of the collection of the Museo Nazionale Romano alle Terme di Diocleziano (Baths of Diocletian), inv. number 56425.

Chris 73, Baths of Caracalla, Rome

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Chris 73, Baths of Caracalla, Rome

Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, Interior

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Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, Interior

Appian Way

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Appian Way, Mike Yardley News and Travel, 2013

Leading from the Porta San Sebastiano, one of the 18 gates of the Aurelian Wall, is the famous Via Appia. Though built in the fourth-century BCE, the…

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