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Peter Brown, Map of Known Villas in the Roman World, c. 400 CE
Peter Brown, Map of Known Villas in the Roman World, c. 400 CE, 2012
This map shows the villas, archaeologically attested thus far, across the late antique Roman world around 400 CE.
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Europe, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Map, Mappa, Medieval, roman empire, Society, Urbanism, Villa
Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Female Athletic Competition Mosaic at Villa de Casale
Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Female Athletic Competition Mosaic at Villa de Casale, 2011
This mosaic, built over an older geometric mosaic, depicts a female athletic competition. This scene reflects on the villa's owner as sponsor of these…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mosaic, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Sports, Urbanism, Villa del Casale, Women
Anna Leone, Reuse of Amphitheatres at Sabratha and Lepcis Magna as Domestic Spaces
Anna Leone, Reuse of Amphitheatres at Sabratha and Lepcis Magna as Domestic Spaces, 2007
These diagrams depict the subdivision of amphitheatres in the North African cities of Sabratha (top) and Lepcis Magna (bottom) into domiciles for…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Lepcis Magna, Medieval, Monuments, North Africa, Reuse, roman empire, Sabratha, Society, Urbanism, Villa