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Post-Herulian Walls, Athens
Post-Herulian Walls, Athens, 2017
Remains of the Post-Heulian Walls show that they were constructed with numerous architectural blocks, including column drums from the Stoa of Attalos,…
Ra Boe, Portus (Aerial)
Ra Boe, Portus (Aerial), 2008
An aerial shot of Rome's artificial harbor. Note the hexagonal shape.
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Portus, roman empire, Rome, Trade, Urbanism, water
Douglas Boin, Portus
Douglas Boin, Portus, 2016
The 'portus' in Rome. Now out of commission and covered with reeds.
Tags: Ancient Greece., Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Harbor, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Port, Portus, roman empire, Rome, Trade, Urbanism, water
Porta San Sebastiano, Rome
Porta San Sebastiano, Rome, 2016
Perhaps the best known of the Aurelian Wall gates, the Porta San Sebastiano is the largest and best preserved, and today houses the Museo delle Mura.…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Borders, Byzantium, Cities, Defense, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Porta San Sebastiano, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism, Walls, War
Porta San Sebastiano, Rome
Porta San Sebastiano, Rome, 2016
The remains of the inner facade of Saint Sebastian's gate.
Porta San Sebastiano
Porta San Sebastiano, Mike Yardley, 2016
Saint Sebastian's gate, as approached from the Appian Way.
Porta del Popolo, Rome
Porta del Popolo, Rome, 2016
This is the baroque renovation of what was previously the Porta Flaminia because it was connected to the Via Flaminia
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Borders, Byzantium, Cities, Defense, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Porta del Popolo, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism, Walls, War
Marco Prins, Pont du Gard Aqueduct
Marco Prins, Pont du Gard Aqueduct, 2015
Sideline photograph of the Pont du Gard, one of the oldest remaining aqueducts from the Roman period.
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, aqueduct, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, France, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monument, Politics, Pont du Gard, roman empire, Urbanism, water, Water management
Plan of the Baths of Trajan, Rome
Plan of the Baths of Trajan, Rome, 2017
The floor plan of the Baths of Trajan in Rome, indicated are the various areas where bathers would have gone during their visit. This site was built…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, baths, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Floor Plan, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Rome, Thermae, Trajan, Urbanism, water
Alba Calzado, 1997, Plan of "Casa de los Marmoles" Domus, Emerita, Hispania (4th; 5th-6th centuries CE)
Alba Calzado, 1997, Plan of "Casa de los Marmoles" Domus, Emerita, Hispania (4th; 5th-6th centuries CE), 1997
These are plans of the so-called "Casa de los Marmoles" domus in Emerita, Hispania. The trapezoidal design had to accommodate available space,…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Casa, Casa de los Marmoles, Cities, Domestic Living, Domus, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hispania, House, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, spain, Urbanism