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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

Cplakidas, Map of Byzantine Constantinople with Hippodrome, 27 February 2008

While the majority of the circus at Constantinople is no longer standing, this map provides an idea of its urban situation.

Tags: Athletics, Byzantine, Circus, City, City Planning, Competition, Constantinople, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Late Antiquity, Map, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism

Peter Brown, Map of Known Villas in the Roman World, c. 400 CE, 2012

This map shows the villas, archaeologically attested thus far, across the late antique Roman world around 400 CE.

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

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

H. Jordan, Map of the City of Rome, 31 December 1885

This map reflects the layout of Rome during Antiquity, and was created in 1885, possibly by H. Jordan. The circles have been added to indicate the…

Jona Lendering, Model of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Livius.org, 19 December 2015

This model is representative of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome as they would have appeared in 215 CE. This model can be seen at the Museo nazionale…

Stephan Kühn, Model of the Imperial Bath, Trier, 01 October 2004

This model reflects what the Imperial Baths may have looked like in Trier around the fourth century CE and can be seen at the Rheinische Landesmuseum…

Ana Munk, Mosaic Depicting Paulina and possibly Rufina, her younger sister, 2009

Paulina, as matriarch of the household and probably motivator behind the construction of this private space, beckons the observer to worship with her…

Ana Munk, Mosaic Depicting Senator Pammachius Making An Offering, 2009

On the wall facing that of his wife, senator Pammachius was depicted on the left side of the shrine. In another show of private, domestic devotion to…

Obelisk of Theodosius, 2016

This monument was erected in the hippodrome at Constantinople in 390CE. Originally, it was made for Thutmose III (1479-1425 BCE) of Egypt, but…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Athletics, Byzantium, Circus, Cities, City, Competition, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Obelisk, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Theodosius, Urbanism