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Further Reading (Forum, Dark and Harris)

Further Reading (Forum, Lavan)

A cargo worker at Ostia

The relief is currently a part of the collection of the Museo Nazionale Romano alle Terme di Diocleziano (Baths of Diocletian), inv. number 56425.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Harbors, Inscription, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, roman empire, Trade, Urbanism

(Further Reading) Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople, Short History

(Further Reading) Theophanes' Chronographia

Spectacle in the Roman World

Spectacle in the Roman World by Hazle Dodge

Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine

Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine

The Roman Theater and its Audience

The Roman Theater and its Audience by Richard C. Beacham

Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire

Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire by Potter and Mattingly

Detail of Great Circus Mosaic, Piazza Armerina

This 4th century CE mosaic depicts a victorious charioteer and trumpeter. Located in the Villa Romana del Casale, it shows that the enchantment of…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Athletics, Byzantium, Chariot, Circus, Cities, City, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse, Horse Racing, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mosaic, People, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism