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GentiBehramaj, Detail of the Byzantine Forum in Durres, Albania, Wikimedia Commons, August 25th 2015

GentiBehramaj, A 5th-7th Century Byzantine Forum in modern day Durres, Albania possibly attributed to the Emperor Anastasius., Wikimedia Commons, August 25th 2015

Franzfoto, Relief in Sabratha Theatre, November 2010

Tags: Architecture, Culture, Decoration, late antique, Performance Space, Relief, Sabratha, Stage, Stone, Theatre

Flapane, Amphitheatre at Pompeii, 12 April 2012

Although not late antique Pompeii's amphitheater, built around 70-65BCE, is the earliest surviving example of such a structure.

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

duimdog, Theatre in Sabratha Libya, 10 May 2009

Tags: City, Culture, Entertainment, late antique, Libya, North Africa, Performance, Performance Space, Roman City, roman empire, Sabratha, Theatre, Urban

DuiMDog, Circus in Gerasa, Jordan, 13 October 2007

Tags: Athletics, Chariot, Circus, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Jordan, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism

Douglas Boin, The Late Roman Walls at Conímbriga, Portugal, 2019

Ancient Conímbriga, about 12 miles (approximately 20 kilometers outside Coimbra, Portugal) was a Roman town that flourished under the Flavians and…

Tags: Conímbriga, Homes, Portugal, Suebi, Visigoths, Walls

Douglas Boin, The Dome of the Rock and the Dome of the Chain, July 2009

To the left of this image is the Dome of the Rock, while on the right is the Dome of the Chain. The latter building is a Muslim prayer house…

Tags: Dome of the Chain, Dome of the Rock, Islam, Jerusalem, Prayer, Temple Mount, Umayyad

Douglas Boin, View of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, August 2006

In this picture, both of the domes of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Dome of the Rock are visible. The two have virtually the same…

Tags: Byzantine, Christianity, Church, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Dome of the Rock, Domes, Islam, Jerusalem, Prayer, Temple Mount, Umayyad

Douglas Boin, Portus, 2016

The 'portus' in Rome. Now out of commission and covered with reeds.

Tags: Ancient Greece., Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Harbor, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Port, Portus, roman empire, Rome, Trade, Urbanism, water