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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

Google Earth, Carthage (Google Earth), 2017

Satellite imaging of the port at Carthage, one of the biggest hubs of commerce in Late Antiquity.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Carthage, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Harbor, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mediterranean, North Africa, Port, roman empire, Trade, Urbanism, water

Sacred (Further Reading)

Sacred (Further Reading, Dignas and Smith)

A Byzantine Gold Solidus of Leo III and Constantine V, Wikimedia Commons

Sacred (Further Reading, Leone)

Homes (Further Reading, Bowes)

Homes (Further Reading, Arce)

Pamela Berger, The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary

Richard Ettinghausen, Islamic art and architecture 650-1250, 2nd ed.