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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

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

plotted by Doug Boin; based on map of Ostia from Archivio Disegni, Ostia Antica 11689, Distribution of Mithraea in Ostia, Third Century, 2016

This map shows all fifteen Mithraea, archaeologically attested thus far. Eight date to the third century, four early in that century and four late. …

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Cultural, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Map, Medieval, Mithraea, Ostia, Pagans, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism

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 alongside…

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

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, 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

Revised by Ana Munk and based on Colini 1944, Reconstructed Cross-Section of Martyrium in Staircase Landing, c. 385-410, 2009

This is an architectural rendering of the added landing in the stairs for the martyrium, built c. 385-410, by Pammachius and Paulina.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Martyrium, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Sacred Spaces, Urbanism

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

LPLT, Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

Modern-day, outside image of the Basilica of Sts. John and Paul on the Caelian Hill in Rome (Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio). The…

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

Jona Lendering, Statue of Ceres Augusta from Theatre Temple at Lepcis Magna, 2017

This statue of Ceres Augusta, the grain goddess, adorned the theatre temple in Lepcis Magna, Libya. She has the features of Livia Augusta, mother of…

Tags: Ceres Augusta, City, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, Female, Imperial Cult, Late Antiquity, Pagan, Paganism, Performance, Performance Space, Political, Politics, Religion, Roman Culture, roman empire, Statue, Temple, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Temple, Urbanism, Woman, Women