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Photography by Douglas Boin (2017) with didactic material located on-site., The late Roman amphitheater at Pollentia (Pollenzo), Italy, with a plan of the excavated town., May 2017

Remains of the late Roman amphitheater at Pollentia (Pollenzo), Italy, on the outskirts of the modern village, with reconstruction drawings and plans…

Tags: Amphitheater, Entertainment, Goths, Italy, Northern Italy, Pollentia

Mary Harrsch, Theatre Mask in Architecture at Ostia, 14 March 2009

Tags: Architecture, City, Comedy, Costume, Culture, Decoration, Italy, late antique, Mask, Ornate, Ostia, Performance, roman empire, Rome, Stone, Theatre, Tragedy, Urban

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

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

Doug Boin, Map of Ostia Showing Late Antique Domestic and Work-Place Shrines, 2016

This map of Ostia details seventeen identified household and work-place shrines, all datable to the third century, meant for private devotion. These…

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

Amphipolis, The Forum of Trajan in Rome., Wikimedia Commons, June 20th 2014

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

Jebulon, A view of the Roman Forum., Wikimedia Commons, August 22nd 2013

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

Mosborne01, Interior of Amphitheatre at Pompeii, 8 March 2014

Built between 70-65BCE, the amphitheatre at Pompeii is not Late Antique, but the interior view shows that the basic architecture and layout of these…

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

Flapane, Amphitheatre at Pompeii, 12 April 2012

Although not late antique Pompeii's amphitheater, built around 70-65BCE, is the earliest surviving example of such a structure.

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

Michael White, UT-Austin/Ostia Synagogue Area Project, Synagogue at Ostia, Fourth Century, 2016

While the initial creation of the synagogue in Ostia by its Jewish community remains unclear, this plan shows the synagogue in its final phase, after…

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