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Porta San Paolo (Porta Ostiense, Ostian Gate), Rome.
Porta San Paolo (Porta Ostiense, Ostian Gate), Rome., 2016
Standing near the Porta San Paolo is the Pyramid of Cestius, built around 12 BCE. It was incorporated into the Aurelian Wall, perhaps to reduce some…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Borders, Byzantium, Cities, Defense, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Gate, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Porta San Paolo, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism, Wall, War
Post-Herulian Walls, Athens
Post-Herulian Walls, Athens, 2017
Looking south to the Parthenon, from the Agora, which was largely destroyed in the Herulian sack of 267. The so-called Herulian walls, taking in a…
Tags: Agora, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Athens, Borders, Byzantium, Cities, Defense, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Greece, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Post-Herulian, roman empire, Urbanism, Wall, War