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Inside of Colosseum in Rome, 2014

The outside of the Colosseum was adorned with arches, while the inside contained seating and arched passageways leading to different sections and…

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Chambers, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Fall of Rome, Interior, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Passageways, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Laura & Alessandro, Insula Dianae in Ostia, Italy, Flickr, 16 February 2009

An image of the Insula Dianae, an example of insula construction dating to the second century CE within Ostia.

Mosborne01, Interior of Amphitheatre at Pompeii, 8 March 2014

Built between 70-65BCE, the amphitheatre at Pompeii is not Late Antique, but the interior view shows that the basic architecture and layout of these…

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient, Arena, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Italy, Late Antiquity, Pompeii, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Agnieszka Wolska, Interior of El Djem Amphitheatre, 5 April 2009

Built during the first part of the 3rd Century CE, this amphitheater in Tunisia is incredibly similar to the Colosseum in Rome. In this image, arched…

Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, El Djem, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Tunisia, Urbanism

SEIER+SEIER, Interior of the Great Mosque of Damascus, Flickr, April 2, 2004

An interior shot of the Great Mosque of Damascus (or Umayyad Mosque), in modern-day Syria, with the Shrine of St. John the Baptist visible in the…

Tags: Damascus, Islam, Mosque, Shrine, St. John the Baptist, Syria, Umayyad

Rached Msadek, Leopards Attacking a Criminal, 19 February 2007

In addition to combat sports between people, fights between animals or between animals and humans were also fan favorites in the Late Antique arena. …

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Animal, Byzantium, Cities, Colosseum, Combat, Criminal, Culture, Early Middle Ages, El Djem, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Fighting, Gladiator, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, roman empire, Sport, Tunisia, Urbanism, Violence

Marco Prins, Lepcis Magna Theatre Inscription, 2017

As a form of patronage, theatres were often renovated in the name of emperors, their family, or other importnat officials. To commemorate this,…

Tags: City, Culture, Dedication, Drama, Emperor, Empire, Entertainment, Epigraphic, Epigraphy, Honor, Imperial Cult, Inscription, Late Antiquity, Lepcis Magna, Patronage, Performance, Performance Space, Roman Culture, roman empire, Theater, Theatre, Urbanism

Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire

Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire by Potter and Mattingly