D.098 Apollonia - Governor's Palace

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Creator

Denis Baly

Image ID

D.098

Alternate Identifier

B04.098

Subcollection

D: North Africa

Abstract

"The building centers on a trapezoidal court [seen here], its columns connected by low Byzantine arches" (MacKendrick, 132).

Description

The remains of the "sumptuous governor's palace, of about A.D. 500, in which lived the beautiful and talented Theodora—unjustly vilified by Gibbon (following Procopius)—who was the governor's favorite before she married Justinian. The city wall forms its south side, and some of its rooms project into a bastion" (MacKendrick, 132).

References

MacKendrick, Paul. The North African Stones Speak. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1980.

Image Notes

Creation date unknown. Processing date unknown. Formerly cataloged as B.04.098. Notes written on the slide or index: Apollonia Central church.

Curator Notes

Legacy Subcollection: "D: Appollonia"

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Susah, Libya