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
Living Late Antiquity team, A porticoed street in Jerusalem, 2009
The colonnade and street paving seen here date to the sixth century CE, when Jerusalem was still controlled by the Roman Empire.
Marcantonio Raimondi, A 16th Century Artist's Sketch of the Column of Theodosius, Wikimedia Commons, 16th century
Miguel Hermoso, Base of the Column of Antoninus Pius in Rome, Wikimedia Commons, May 18th 2011
Pasztilla Attila Terbocs, The 5th-7th century Byzantine circular forum in Durres, Albania., Wikimedia Commons, September 23rd 2013
Photograph by Ann Morgan, used with permission., The Forum at Jerash (modern Jordan)
Although built in the late Roman Empire, the Forum at Jerash (modern Jordan), like the city itself, lived a remarkably long life. Just down the street…
Tags: forum, Jerash, Jordan, mosques, plaza
Pradigue, The Forum of Bullia Regia in Tunisia, Wikimedia Commons
Sandstein, The Column of Constantine, Wikimedia Commons, July 11th 2010
The Column of Constantine as it stands today in the Cemberlitas neighborhood in Istanbul.
Tatiana kitty, A View of the Roman Forum., Wikimedia Commons, April 5th 2009
The Constantinopolitan Hippodrome, George Eastman Museum, Wikimedia Commons, 1854
A photograph of the Hippodrome in Istanbul from the mid 19th century.
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