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Jona Lendering, Statue of Ceres Augusta from Theatre Temple at Lepcis Magna, 2017

This statue of Ceres Augusta, the grain goddess, adorned the theatre temple in Lepcis Magna, Libya. She has the features of Livia Augusta, mother of…

Tags: Ceres Augusta, City, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, Female, Imperial Cult, Late Antiquity, Pagan, Paganism, Performance, Performance Space, Political, Politics, Religion, Roman Culture, roman empire, Statue, Temple, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Temple, Urbanism, Woman, Women

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…

Staircase Martyrium in Caelian Hill House

LPLT, Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

Modern-day, outside image of the Basilica of Sts. John and Paul on the Caelian Hill in Rome (Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio). The…

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

Spectacle in the Roman World

Spectacle in the Roman World by Hazle Dodge

Patrick-Emil Zorner, Small Theatre in Mainz, Germany, 6 September 2008

Tags: Ancient, Culture, Excavation, Germanic, Germany, Mainz, Performance, roman empire, Rubble, Ruins, Small, Theatre, Urban, Urbanism

Wilke D. Schram, Driek van Opstal, and Cees Passchier., Sketch of an Aqueduct Siphon

A rough drawing of a siphon, an important piece of architecture in making aqueducts function.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, aqueduct, Aqueduct Siphon, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Livius.org, Medieval, Plan, roman empire, Siphon, Sketch, Urbanism

Doug Boin, Shrine at the Horrea (Granary) of Hortensius, 2016

This private shrine once existed within a busy granary in the port city of Ostia. According to the mosaic below the altar, Hortensius served as a…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Production Space, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism

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

Jan Van Vilet, San Lazaro Aqueduct, 2016

A photograph of the San Lazaro Aqueduct with a playground nearby.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, aqueduct, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, mergovia, Monument, playground, roman empire, san lazaro, spain, Urbanism, water, Water management