Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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On this episode of the Toldinstone Podcast, Dr. Luke Lavan and I discuss the transformation of Roman cities in late antiquity.

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Chapters
0:00 Defining late antiquity
4:20 Challenges of late antique archaeology
12:00 Seeing disasters
19:15 Contrasting Ostia and Sagalassos
28:00 City walls as monuments
32:28 Colonnaded streets
35:40 Spolia
41:52 The process of Christianization
48:45 Temples as monuments
51:00 The fate of statues
55:00 Churches as monuments
59:30 Decline vs. transformation
1:03:45 Conclusion