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Obelisk of Theodosius Relief, 2016

The relief on the obelisk carved into the pedestal shows the Emperor Theodosius and his sons reigning over barbarians. Once again, reinforcing the…

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

Christian Abend, Opera at Verona Amphitheatre, 29 June 2006

The arena in Verona, Italy dates to around 30CE and could originally hold up to 30,000 people. Now the city hosts world-famous opera and ballet…

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

Gromelle Grand Angle, Orange Theatre, 26 November 2007

The Orange Theatre in southern France was built in the last part of the first century CE. The structure still maintains its original scaenae frons,…

Tags: City, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, France, Late Antiquity, Orange, Orange Theatre, Performance, Performance Space, Roman Culture, roman empire, Theater, Theatre, Urbanism

Hazel Dodge, Orange Theatre Plan with Labels, Bristol Classics Press, 2011

One of the best-preserved theaters from Late Antiquity, the Orange theatre in southern France provides an excellent example of ancient theater design.…

Tags: Architecture, City, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, France, Late Antiquity, Orange Theatre, Performance, Performance Space, Plan, Roman Culture, roman empire, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Plan, Urbanism

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

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

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

Pamela Berger, The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary

Alba Calzado, 1997, Plan of "Casa de los Marmoles" Domus, Emerita, Hispania (4th; 5th-6th centuries CE), 1997

These are plans of the so-called "Casa de los Marmoles" domus in Emerita, Hispania. The trapezoidal design had to accommodate available space,…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Casa, Casa de los Marmoles, Cities, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hispania, House, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, spain, Urbanism

Plan of the Baths of Trajan, Rome, 2017

The floor plan of the Baths of Trajan in Rome, indicated are the various areas where bathers would have gone during their visit. This site was built…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, baths, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Floor Plan, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Rome, Thermae, Trajan, Urbanism, water

Marco Prins, Pont du Gard Aqueduct, 2015

Sideline photograph of the Pont du Gard, one of the oldest remaining aqueducts from the Roman period.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, aqueduct, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, France, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monument, Politics, Pont du Gard, roman empire, Urbanism, water, Water management