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ANDUM south and east . Once one of the richest towns of Roman Gaul , the city is famous for its many Roman remains , which are mostly in an excellent state of preservation . The vast am- phitheatre , probably built in the 1st century AD ...
ANDUM south and east . Once one of the richest towns of Roman Gaul , the city is famous for its many Roman remains , which are mostly in an excellent state of preservation . The vast am- phitheatre , probably built in the 1st century AD ...
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... Roman , early Christian , and Byzantine mosaics . Evolving from the supplementary use of stone tesserae to achieve colour intensity in earlier pebble mosaics , opus tessellatum came to be used for entire mosaic floors in most areas of ...
... Roman , early Christian , and Byzantine mosaics . Evolving from the supplementary use of stone tesserae to achieve colour intensity in earlier pebble mosaics , opus tessellatum came to be used for entire mosaic floors in most areas of ...
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... Roman Bi- thynia while the interior regions were left un- der native rulers . Upon the extinction of the native dynasty ( c . 6 BC ) , the remainder of the territory was incorporated into the Roman province of Galatia . In the 4th ...
... Roman Bi- thynia while the interior regions were left un- der native rulers . Upon the extinction of the native dynasty ( c . 6 BC ) , the remainder of the territory was incorporated into the Roman province of Galatia . In the 4th ...
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