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Zanner, Ruins from the Circus in Milan, 2007

While little remains today, the circus in Milan was an example of a circus existing outside the city center. Built up against the city wall, it still…

Tags: Ancient, Chariot, Circus, City, Entertainment, Horse Racing, Italy, late antique, Milan, roman empire, Ruins, Spectacle, Urban

Ruins of Baths of Trajan, Rome

A view of the remains of the Baths of Trajan in Rome today. The baths were built between 104 CE and 109 CE>

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

Ruins of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome

A view of the remains of the entrance to the Baths of Caracalla in Rome today.

Berthold Werner, Ruins of the Imperial Baths, Trier, 26 August 2009

The Imperial Baths in Trier, Germany is they appear today.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, baths, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Germany, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Thermae, Trier, Urbanism, water

Sacred (Further Reading, Dignas and Smith)

Sacred (Further Reading, Leone)

Sacred (Further Reading)

Jan Van Vilet, San Lazaro Aqueduct, 2016

A photograph of the San Lazaro Aqueduct with a playground nearby.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, aqueduct, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, mergovia, Monument, playground, roman empire, san lazaro, spain, Urbanism, water, Water management

Bluedog423, Segovia Aqueduct, 2005

Angle shot of a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain.

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

Doug Boin, Shrine at the Horrea (Granary) of Hortensius, 2016

This private shrine once existed within a busy granary in the port city of Ostia. According to the mosaic below the altar, Hortensius served as a…

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