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Document Details : Title: De recuperatie van publieke en heidens-religieuze monumenten voor kerken in en rond de Klein-Aziatische steden in de laatantieke periode Author(s): VERCAUTEREN, Lies Journal: Terra Incognita Volume: 1 Date: 2006 Pages: 269-284 DOI: 10.2143/TI.1.0.2015285 Abstract : The Recovery of Public and Pagan-Religious Monuments for Churches in and around the Cities of Asia Minor in Late Antiquity Until the middle of the 3rd century AD, the Roman cities of Asia Minor were still flourishing centres. Several monuments, like public buildings and temples, advanced the aesthetic qualities of these cities. Although Asia Minor was still by and large a country of paganism, relatively small centres of Christianity existed, which had yet to leave their mark on the religious landscape. This situation was to change dramatically by the end of the 4th century, as the result of the rise of Christianity and the subsequent imperial legislation, ordering the abolishment of sacrifice, the closure of sanctuaries and the confiscation of their properties. How this situation was reflected in the topography of the late Roman cities, with emphasis on public and pagan buildings, will be discussed in this article. |
