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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 Raddato, Detail of Gladiator Mosaic Floor 2, 18 November 2012

Some gladiators, known as venatores, solely hunted animals for sport in the arena. On very special occasions, presenters would decorate the arena with…

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

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

Petar Milosevic, Detail of Mosaic of Justinian and Theodora, 27 April 2015

This image is a side by side detailed comparison of the mosaics of Justinianus I and Theodora from the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Itlay.

GentiBehramaj, Detail of the Byzantine Forum in Durres, Albania, Wikimedia Commons, August 25th 2015

GentiBehramaj, Detail of the Byzantine Forum in Durres, Albania., Wikimedia Commons, August 25th 2015

Tags: Albania, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Forums, late antique, Late Antiquity, Market, Medieval, Politics, roman empire, 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

Jan Hazevoet, Detail of the Forum of Trajan., Wikimedia Commons, April 15 2007

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, forum, late antique, Late Antiquity, Market, Medieval, Politics, roman empire, Society, Trajan, Urbanism

plotted by Doug Boin; based on map of Ostia from Archivio Disegni, Ostia Antica 11689, Distribution of Mithraea in Ostia, Third Century, 2016

This map shows all fifteen Mithraea, archaeologically attested thus far. Eight date to the third century, four early in that century and four late. …

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

Domestic Reuse of Isis Temple in Baelo, Hispania