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Carole Raddato, Detail of Gladiator Mosaic Floor, 18 November 2012

Gladiators were often prisoners of war, criminals, salves, volunteers, and sometimes even women. Early battles were fought until the death, but later…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Bad Kreuznach, Byzantium, Cities, Colosseum, Combat, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Fight, Germany, Gladiator, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Mosaic, roman empire, Spectacle, Sport, Urbanism

Carole Radatto, Artist's Interpretation of Circus of Camulodunum, Colchester UK, 21 February 2015

Tags: Artist, Athletics, Circus, City, Competition, England, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Late Antiquity, Model, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, UK, Urbanism

Boris Licina, Pula, Croatia Arena, July 2006

Built between 27BCE and 68CE, this arena in Pula, Croatia, is one of the largest surviving Roman arenas. Although its conception is not Late Antique,…

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

Bollweevil, The Column of Constantine, Wikimedia Commons, August 4th 2013

The Cemberlitas neighborhood in Istanbul with a view of a gift shop.

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

Bjorn Erik Pederson, The Column of the Goths, May 12th 2017

A 3rd century triumphal column celebrating victory over the Goths.

Berthold Werner, The Römerbrücke of Trier, 2009

Shot of the Römerbrücke in Trier, Germany. A man on a side road is bicycling.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Bridge, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Germany, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, roman empire, Römerbrücke, Society, Trade, Trier, Urbanism

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

B. Fletcher, Circus Maximus Drawing, 2013

The Circus Maximus provided the model for the majority of Roman circuses. Despite this prestige little of the structure remains today, but this…

Tags: Ancient Rome, Athletics, Circus, Circus Maximus, Cities, City, Competition, Drawing, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Race Track, Racing, Recreation, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism

B. Fletcher, The Plan of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 01 May 2013

A plan of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.