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PC Excavated<br />

peristyle court<br />

[TRIKLINOS] Possible location<br />

based only on a<br />

literary text<br />

Restoration based<br />

on literary sources<br />

ANTIOCHUS<br />

PALACE<br />

HIPPODROME<br />

[KATHISMA]<br />

[SKYLA]<br />

MESÉ<br />

LAUSUS<br />

PALACE?<br />

secular architecture 929<br />

CARCERES<br />

MILION<br />

BATHS OF<br />

ZEUXIPPUS<br />

PATRIARCHATE<br />

Justinian's<br />

Column<br />

AUGUSTAION<br />

SCALE<br />

0<br />

[CHALKE]<br />

Fig. 43 Plan <strong>of</strong> Augustaion and surrounding area, Constantinople. (Based on Mango (1959) fig. 1<br />

and Müller-Wiener (1977) fig. 263)<br />

Theoderic provided public buildings in his capitals at Ravenna, Verona and<br />

Pavia, most documented cases come from the eastern empire. At Gaza in<br />

c. 536 rhetorical literature alludes to the construction <strong>of</strong> a civil basilica and<br />

colonnaded street, in addition to baths, a summer theatre and other amenities.<br />

Comparable construction occurred at Antioch until the very end <strong>of</strong><br />

the sixth century, though sadly, aside from the main street, none <strong>of</strong> these<br />

documented buildings was identified in the excavations <strong>of</strong> the city. What<br />

MESÉ<br />

IMPERIAL<br />

PALACE<br />

[TRIKLINOS<br />

EXCUBITORUM]<br />

[TRIBUNAL (DELPHAX)]<br />

[ONOPODION]<br />

[TRIKLINOS<br />

[CONSISTORIUM]<br />

19 ACCUBITA]<br />

[AUGUSTEUS]<br />

[POLO GROUND]<br />

[ST STEPHEN]<br />

[OCTAGON]<br />

[DAPHNE]<br />

[APSIS]<br />

[JUSTINIANOS]<br />

BASILICA<br />

(Law Courts)<br />

PC<br />

BAPTISTERY<br />

[TRIKLINOS<br />

CANDIDATORUM]<br />

<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>Hi</strong>stories Online © <strong>Cambridge</strong> University Press, 2008<br />

[SCHOLAE]<br />

ST SOPHIA<br />

SENATE<br />

HOUSE<br />

N<br />

50 100 150m

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