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Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Hercules in Dionysian Garb in Triclinium of Villa del Casale, 2011

Seen on the wall of the triclinium, or dining area, beyond the oval peristyle, this mosaic depicted the "apotheosis of Hercules" unusually shown here…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hercules, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Urbanism, Villa, Villa del Casale

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Palestra Floor Mosaic, Adjoining the Villa Bathhouse, 2011

This mosaic adorned the floor of the palestra, or rectangular court meant for exercise or bathing, adjoining the bathhouse of the villa. The mosaic…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Byzantium, Circus Maximus, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mosaic, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Urbanism

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Exposed Canals Under Peristyle of Villa del Casale, 2011

This photo was taken in the midst of the excavation of the central peristyle, uncovering the canal system needed to supply the courtyard's many…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Canals, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Urbanism, Villa, water

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Villa del Casale (Renovation), Piazza Armerina, Sicily, 2011

This is an aerial shot of Villa del Casale taken by helicopter, now being reconstructed. One can see some of the reconstructed roof as well as the…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Housing, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Urbanism, Villa

Patrick-Emil Zorner, Small Theatre in Mainz, Germany, 6 September 2008

Tags: Ancient, Culture, Excavation, Germanic, Germany, Mainz, Performance, roman empire, Rubble, Ruins, Small, Theatre, Urban, Urbanism

Pasztilla Attila Terbocs, The 5th-7th century Byzantine circular forum in Durres, Albania., Wikimedia Commons, September 23rd 2013

Omar Sanadiki, Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Aleppo in 2016, during the Syrian Civil War, Reuters, 13 December 2016

Both the Great Mosque of Aleppo and the Great Mosque of Damascus were built in the same year: 715 CE. The structure in Damascus has been largely…

Tags: Aleppo, Islam, Mosque, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Umayyad

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

Miguel Hermoso, Base of the Column of Antoninus Pius in Rome, Wikimedia Commons, May 18th 2011

Michael White, UT-Austin/Ostia Synagogue Area Project, Synagogue at Ostia, Fourth Century, 2016

While the initial creation of the synagogue in Ostia by its Jewish community remains unclear, this plan shows the synagogue in its final phase, after…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, Judaism, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Synagoge, Urbanism