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Peter Brown, Map of Known Villas in the Roman World, c. 400 CE, 2012

This map shows the villas, archaeologically attested thus far, across the late antique Roman world around 400 CE.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Europe, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Map, Mappa, Medieval, roman empire, Society, Urbanism, Villa

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Close-Up of "Great Hunt" Mosaic Showing the Capture of A Tiger, 2011

Also in the "Great Hunt" mosaic, this close-up shows a very peculiar form of capturing Indian tigers for use in the games. The tiger, before capture,…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Animals, Art, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mosaic, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Urbanism, Villa del Casale

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, "Great Hunt" Mosaic Depiction of Owners of Villa, 2011

In a close-up of the "Great Hunt" mosaic, placed in the corridor between the rectangular peristyle and the basilica, one can see two men, probably the…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mosaic, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Urbanism, Villa del Casale

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Hercules in Dionysian Garb in Triclinium of Villa del Casale, 2011

Seen on the wall of the triclinium, or dining area, beyond the oval peristyle, this mosaic depicted the "apotheosis of Hercules" unusually shown here…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hercules, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Urbanism, Villa, Villa del Casale

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

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Exposed Canals Under Peristyle of Villa del Casale, 2011

This photo was taken in the midst of the excavation of the central peristyle, uncovering the canal system needed to supply the courtyard's many…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Canals, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Urbanism, Villa, water

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Villa del Casale (Renovation), Piazza Armerina, Sicily, 2011

This is an aerial shot of Villa del Casale taken by helicopter, now being reconstructed. One can see some of the reconstructed roof as well as the…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Housing, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Urbanism, Villa

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

Ggia, Detail of the Column of Marcian, Wikimedia Commons, 2011

A close up view of the base of the Column of Marcian.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Column, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Istanbul, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Marcian, Medieval, Monument, Politics, roman empire, Rome, Society, Turkey, Urbanism