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Zanner, Ruins from the Circus in Milan, 2007

While little remains today, the circus in Milan was an example of a circus existing outside the city center. Built up against the city wall, it still…

Tags: Ancient, Chariot, Circus, City, Entertainment, Horse Racing, Italy, late antique, Milan, roman empire, Ruins, Spectacle, Urban

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

Wikimedia Commons, Hagia Eirene, Constantinople

Commissioned in 360 by Constantine, the Hagia Eirene could be said to physically represent the Christian side of his policy of toleration alongside…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hagia Eirene, Istanbul, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Turkey, Urbanism

VonRalph, Circus in Merida, Spain, 6 April 2014

Tags: Chariot, Circus, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, late antique, Merida, Politics, Race, roman empire, spain, Spectacle, Urban

Visit Wales Agents, Amphitheatre Caerleon, Wales, 12 September 2010

Caerleon, now in Wales, was primarily a military headquarters, as such, this amphitheater was used for military displays.

Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Ariel, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Ruins, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, UK, Urbanism, Wales

Twen, Amphitheatre in Avenches, Switzerland, 28 August 2011

Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Athletics, Avenches, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Switzerland, Urbanism

Tatiana kitty, A View of the Roman Forum., Wikimedia Commons, April 5th 2009

Tataryn, Amphitheatre Map, 7 November 2013

Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Map, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Stephan Kühn, Model of the Imperial Bath, Trier, 01 October 2004

This model reflects what the Imperial Baths may have looked like in Trier around the fourth century CE and can be seen at the Rheinische Landesmuseum…

Simon Mannweiler, The Dome of the Rock, Wikimedia Commons, 11 December 2007

Exterior shot of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel.

Tags: Islam, Jerusalem, Temple Mount, Umayyad