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- Tags: Istanbul
Doug Boin, Lulav, Ethrog, Menorah, and Shofar on the Corbel of the Ostia Synagogue
Doug Boin, Lulav, Ethrog, Menorah, and Shofar on the Corbel of the Ostia Synagogue, 2016
Close-Up of a corbel from the remaining structure of the Ostia synagogue, with a clearly discernible menorah
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Constantinople, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hagia Eirene, Inscriptions, Istanbul, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Turkey, Urbanism
Wikimedia Commons, Hagia Eirene, Constantinople
Wikimedia Commons, Hagia Eirene, Constantinople
Commissioned in 360 by Constantine, the Hagia Eirene could be said to physically represent the Christian side of his policy of toleration alongsideā¦
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hagia Eirene, Istanbul, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Turkey, Urbanism
CrniBombarder!!!, Valens Aqueduct
CrniBombarder!!!, Valens Aqueduct, 2007
Front shot of the Valens Aqueduct with traffic running underneath.
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cars, Cities, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Istanbul, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Modern, Politics, roman empire, Turkey, Urbanism, Valens Aqueduct, War, water, Water management
Theodosian Walls, Istanbul
Theodosian Walls, Istanbul, 2016
Construction of the Theodosian Walls was instigated by Theodosius II's Praetorian Prefect of the East, Anthemius, in 413 and were made even moreā¦
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Borders, Byzantium, Cities, Constantinople, Defense, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Istanbul, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Theodosian Walls, Urbanism, Walls, War
Ggia, Detail of the Column of Marcian
Ggia, Detail of the Column of Marcian, Wikimedia Commons, 2011
A close up view of the base of the Column of Marcian.
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Column, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Istanbul, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Marcian, Medieval, Monument, Politics, roman empire, Rome, Society, Turkey, Urbanism