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Οἶκοι To Monastery: An Interpretative Possibility For The Northeast Insulae At Antiochia Hippos, Mark Schuler
Οἶκοι To Monastery: An Interpretative Possibility For The Northeast Insulae At Antiochia Hippos, Mark Schuler
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The Northeast Insula And Late Antique Christianity At Hippos Palaistines, Mark Schuler
The Northeast Insula And Late Antique Christianity At Hippos Palaistines, Mark Schuler
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Although smaller than most poleis in the Decapolis, Hippos Palaistinēs displays a similar concentration of churches within its urban confines during the Late Antique period. Of the known churches, four are clustered in the city center and two are in the domestic quarter, with a possible seventh church in the southeastern quadrant. To date, most of the significant publications have focused on the material remains of the site (Segal et al. 2014). Little has been surmised about the practice of Christianity at Hippos Palaistinēs other than a suggestion that “Hippos may have been within the sphere of the Monophysite influence” …
Microcosm Of Transition: The Northeast Insula Project At Hippos Of The Decapolis, Mark Schuler
Microcosm Of Transition: The Northeast Insula Project At Hippos Of The Decapolis, Mark Schuler
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Twelve seasons of work at Hippos of the Decapolis have exposed a 50 x 65 meter quadrant north of the Decumanus Maximus containing structures from the three main phases of the occupation of Hippos: the House of Tyche--a Roman peristyle house with a garden; the Northeast Church--a small memorial chapel for a revered woman; and an Umayyad meeting hall. The quadrant also demonstrates the decline and intentional abandonment of this part of the city prior to the great earthquake of the mid eighth century CE.