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Porta San Paolo (Porta Ostiense, Ostian Gate), Rome., 2016

Standing near the Porta San Paolo is the Pyramid of Cestius, built around 12 BCE. It was incorporated into the Aurelian Wall, perhaps to reduce some…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Borders, Byzantium, Cities, Defense, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Gate, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Porta San Paolo, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism, Wall, War

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, "Great Hunt" Mosaic Depiction of Owners of Villa, 2011

In a close-up of the "Great Hunt" mosaic, placed in the corridor between the rectangular peristyle and the basilica, one can see two men, probably the…

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, Urbanism, Villa del Casale

A cargo worker at Ostia

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

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Harbors, Inscription, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, roman empire, Trade, Urbanism

Jebulon, A view of the Roman Forum., Wikimedia Commons, August 22nd 2013

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, forum, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Market, Medieval, Politics, Public Spaces, roman empire, Rome, Society, Urbanism

Ana Munk, Aerial Reconstruction of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, With Positioning of Staircase Visible, 2009

This is the floor plan of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, showing the improvised nature of the staircase landing and its overall positioning within the domus.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Sacred Spaces, San Giovanni e Paolo, Urbanism

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, An 18th or 19th century sketch of the Forum of Trajan., Wikimedia Commons, 18th-19th Century

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, forum, late antique, Late Antiquity, Market, Medieval, Politics, roman empire, Society, Trajan, Urbanism

Doug Boin, Apotropaic Amulet from Ostia, Second to Fourth Century, 2016

Dated somewhere between the second and fourth centuries, this apotropaic amulet from Ostia exemplifies the eclectic, pragmatic, and individual nature…

Tags: Amulet, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Paganism, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism

Aurelian Wall, Rome, 2016

The Aurelian Wall at the Museo delle Mura (museum of the walls) which is housed in the first and second floors of the Porta San Sebastiano at the…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Aurelian Wall, Borders, Byzantium, Cities, Defense, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism, Walls, War

Marco Prins, Caesarea Aqueduct, 2017

Front facing shot of the aqueduct in Caesarea, Israel.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, aqueduct, Byzantium, Caesarea, Caesarea Aqueduct, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Israel, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mediterranean, Monument, Near East, Politics, roman empire, Urbanism, water, Water management

Google Earth, Carthage (Google Earth), 2017

Satellite imaging of the port at Carthage, one of the biggest hubs of commerce in Late Antiquity.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Carthage, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Harbor, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mediterranean, North Africa, Port, roman empire, Trade, Urbanism, water