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(a)<br />

(b)<br />

secular architecture 949<br />

Fig. 51 Athens, ‘Palace <strong>of</strong> the Giants’ <strong>of</strong> c. 410: (a) restoration <strong>of</strong> the entrance<br />

façade and (b) isometric reconstruction <strong>of</strong> complex. (From Frantz (1988) plate 55)<br />

semicircular portico (Fig. 51). The principal façade was modelled on a triumphal<br />

arch, and incorporated colossal figures reused from the Antonine<br />

period. What is considered the sixth-century praetorium <strong>of</strong> the proconsul<br />

<strong>of</strong> Asia based at Ephesus has a transverse double-apsed entrance hall (50<br />

metres long) followed by a large reception room somewhat reminiscent <strong>of</strong><br />

the imperial Chrysotriklinos at Constantinople. Decorated with stucco,<br />

painting and floor mosaics, the room, 19 metres square, has four large<br />

corner niches and a projecting apse where the seated governor could<br />

receive visitors. A bath was attached to one side, and a chapel was added<br />

to another. Other possible praetoria <strong>of</strong> the fifth to the sixth century have<br />

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

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