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- Tags: Medieval
Bluedog423, Segovia Aqueduct
Bluedog423, Segovia Aqueduct, 2005
Angle shot of a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain.
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, aqueduct, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monument, Politics, roman empire, Segovia, Segovia Aqueduct, spain, Urbanism, water, Water management
Carole Raddato, Detail of Gladiator Mosaic Floor
Carole Raddato, Detail of Gladiator Mosaic Floor, 18 November 2012
Gladiators were often prisoners of war, criminals, salves, volunteers, and sometimes even women. Early battles were fought until the death, but later…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Bad Kreuznach, Byzantium, Cities, Colosseum, Combat, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Fight, Germany, Gladiator, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Mosaic, roman empire, Spectacle, Sport, Urbanism
Carole Raddato, Detail of Gladiator Mosaic Floor 2
Carole Raddato, Detail of Gladiator Mosaic Floor 2, 18 November 2012
Some gladiators, known as venatores, solely hunted animals for sport in the arena. On very special occasions, presenters would decorate the arena with…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Animal, Bad Kreuznach, Byzantium, Cities, Colosseum, Combat, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Fight, Germany, Gladiator, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, roman empire, Sport, Urbanism, Violence
Carole Raddato, Remains of the Peristyle which defined the Forum of Nerva.
Carole Raddato, Remains of the Peristyle which defined the Forum of Nerva., Wikimedia Commons, August 28 2011
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, forum, late antique, Late Antiquity, Market, Medieval, Nerva, Peristyle, Public Spaces, roman empire, Society, 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
Dguendel, Circus Maximus in Rome, Present Day
Dguendel, Circus Maximus in Rome, Present Day, 2015
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Athletics, Byzantium, Circus, Circus Maximus, Cities, City, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism
Doug Boin, Apotropaic Amulet from Ostia, Second to Fourth Century
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
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
Doug Boin, Map of Ostia Showing Late Antique Domestic and Work-Place Shrines
Doug Boin, Map of Ostia Showing Late Antique Domestic and Work-Place Shrines, 2016
This map of Ostia details seventeen identified household and work-place shrines, all datable to the third century, meant for private devotion. These…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Map, Mappa, Medieval, Ostia, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism
Doug Boin, Shrine at the Horrea (Granary) of Hortensius
Doug Boin, Shrine at the Horrea (Granary) of Hortensius, 2016
This private shrine once existed within a busy granary in the port city of Ostia. According to the mosaic below the altar, Hortensius served as a…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Production Space, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism