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Syria: The remains of the colonnade at Philippopolis (Shahba) c.1900

Shahba, known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis, is a city located 87 km south of Damascus in the Jabal Druze in As-Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. The oasis settlement was the native hamlet of Philip the Arab. After Philip became the emperor of Rome in 244 CE, he dedicated himself to rebuilding the little community as a colonia. The contemporary community that was replaced with the new construction was so insignificant that one author states that the city can be considered to have been built on virgin soil, making it the last of the Roman cities founded in the East. The city was renamed Philippopolis in dedication to the emperor. The emperor is said to have wanted to turn his native city into a replica of Rome. A hexagonal-style temple and an open-air place of worship of local style, called a kalybe, a triumphal arch, baths, a starkly unornamented theatre faced with basalt blocks, a large structure that has been interpreted as a basilica, and the Philippeion surrounded by a great wall with ceremonial gates, were laid out and built following the grid plan of a typical Roman city.

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Título: Syria: The remains of the colonnade at Philippopolis (Shahba) c.1900

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Traducción automática: Shahba, conocida en la Antigüedad tardía como Filipópolis, es una ciudad ubicada a 87 km al sur de Damasco en Jabal Druze en la gobernación de As-Suwayda de Siria, pero anteriormente en la provincia romana de Arabia Petraea. El asentamiento del oasis era la aldea natal de Felipe el Árabe. Después de que Felipe se convirtió en emperador de Roma en 244 d.C., se dedicó a reconstruir la pequeña comunidad como colonia. La comunidad contemporánea que fue sustituida por la nueva construcción era tan insignificante que un autor afirma que se puede considerar que la ciudad fue construida sobre suelo virgen, siendo la última de las ciudades romanas fundadas en Oriente. La ciudad pasó a llamarse Filipópolis en homenaje al emperador. Se dice que el emperador quería convertir su ciudad natal en una réplica de Roma. Un templo de estilo hexagonal y un lugar de culto al aire libre de estilo local, llamado kalybe, un arco triunfal, baños, un teatro carente de adornos revestido con bloques de basalto, una gran estructura que ha sido interpretada como una basílica y el Philippeion Rodeados por una gran muralla con puertas ceremoniales, fueron diseñados y construidos siguiendo el plano de cuadrícula de una típica ciudad romana.

Shahba, known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis, is a city located 87 km south of Damascus in the Jabal Druze in As-Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. The oasis settlement was the native hamlet of Philip the Arab. After Philip became the emperor of Rome in 244 CE, he dedicated himself to rebuilding the little community as a colonia. The contemporary community that was replaced with the new construction was so insignificant that one author states that the city can be considered to have been built on virgin soil, making it the last of the Roman cities founded in the East. The city was renamed Philippopolis in dedication to the emperor. The emperor is said to have wanted to turn his native city into a replica of Rome. A hexagonal-style temple and an open-air place of worship of local style, called a kalybe, a triumphal arch, baths, a starkly unornamented theatre faced with basalt blocks, a large structure that has been interpreted as a basilica, and the Philippeion surrounded by a great wall with ceremonial gates, were laid out and built following the grid plan of a typical Roman city.

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Tamaño imagen: 4900 × 3570 px | 50.0 MB

Tamaño impresión: 41.5 × 30.2 cm | 1929.1 × 1405.5 in (300 dpi)

Palabras clave: ARCHITECTURAL • ARCHITECTURE • ARQUITECTONICA • ARQUITECTONICO • ARQUITECTURA • ASIA • ASIATICO • CIUDAD ANTIGUA • HISTORIA • HISTORICO • SIRIA • SIRIO