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Rached Msadek, Leopards Attacking a Criminal
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
Revised by Ana Munk and based on Colini 1944, Reconstructed Cross-Section of Martyrium in Staircase Landing, c. 385-410
Revised by Ana Munk and based on Colini 1944, Reconstructed Cross-Section of Martyrium in Staircase Landing, c. 385-410, 2009
This is an architectural rendering of the added landing in the stairs for the martyrium, built c. 385-410, by Pammachius and Paulina.
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Martyrium, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Sacred Spaces, Urbanism
Saffron Blaze, Aspendos Theatre
Saffron Blaze, Aspendos Theatre, 8 December 2011
One of the best-preserved theatres of Late Antiquity, the theatre in Aspendos, Turkey was built in 155 CE. Consequentially, it is an excellent…
Tags: Aspendos, City, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, Late Antiquity, Performance, Performance Space, Roman Culture, roman empire, Theater, Theatre, Urbanism
Sandstein, The Column of Constantine
Sandstein, The Column of Constantine, Wikimedia Commons, July 11th 2010
The Column of Constantine as it stands today in the Cemberlitas neighborhood in Istanbul.
Sergej Marsnjak, Amphitheater of Lepcis Magna
Sergej Marsnjak, Amphitheater of Lepcis Magna, April 2009
The Roman amphitheater of Lepcis Magna, located near the present-day city of Khoms in Libya. During the late antique era, the structure was divided…
Tags: amphitheatre, Cities, Culture, Entertainment, Lepcis Magna, Lybia, Nero, roman, roman empire
Simon Mannweiler, The Dome of the Rock
Simon Mannweiler, The Dome of the Rock, Wikimedia Commons, 11 December 2007
Exterior shot of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel.
Tags: Islam, Jerusalem, Temple Mount, Umayyad
Stephan Kühn, Model of the Imperial Bath, Trier
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…
Tataryn, Amphitheatre Map
Tataryn, Amphitheatre Map, 7 November 2013
Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Map, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism