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Anna Leone, Reuse of Amphitheatres at Sabratha and Lepcis Magna as Domestic Spaces, 2007

These diagrams depict the subdivision of amphitheatres in the North African cities of Sabratha (top) and Lepcis Magna (bottom) into domiciles for…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Lepcis Magna, Medieval, Monuments, North Africa, Reuse, roman empire, Sabratha, Society, Urbanism, Villa

Andrew Shiva, al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, 14 November 2013

Tags: Islam, Jerusalem, Mosque, Temple Mount, Umayyad

Andre Caron, Reconstruction of the Baths of Diocletian, Rome

This reconstruction represents what the Baths of Diocletian would have looked like during Late Antiquity. These baths could host up to three thousand…

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

Andre Caron, Reconstruction of the Baths of Trajan, Rome

A reconstruction of the Baths of Trajan, which were constructed starting in 104 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

Ana Munk, Aerial Reconstruction of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, With Positioning of Staircase Visible, 2009

This is the floor plan of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, showing the improvised nature of the staircase landing and its overall positioning within the domus.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Sacred Spaces, San Giovanni e Paolo, Urbanism

Ana Munk, Mosaic Depicting Senator Pammachius Making An Offering, 2009

On the wall facing that of his wife, senator Pammachius was depicted on the left side of the shrine. In another show of private, domestic devotion to…

Ana Munk, Apis Bull Mosaic, Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Caelian Hill, Rome, 2009

Like the Mosaic of the Four Seasons, this mosaic depicting most likely the popular cult of the Romanized Apis Bull was not whitewashed when…

Ana Munk, Mosaic Depicting Paulina and possibly Rufina, her younger sister, 2009

Paulina, as matriarch of the household and probably motivator behind the construction of this private space, beckons the observer to worship with her…

Ana Munk, Dance of the Four Seasons Mosaic, Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Caelian Hill, Rome, 2009

Created in the late 3rd century, after the consolidation of this domus but before the arrival of the pious senator Pammachius and his wife, this…

Ana Munk, Staircase Martyrium in Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Caelian Hill, Rome, 2009

This image is the front-facing view of the martyrium built in the late 4th century by Pammachius and Paulina at the top of a renovated landing of…