The Bir Messaouda Basilica: Pilgrimage and the Transformation of an Urban Landscape in Sixth Century AD Carthage

by Simon Greenslade and Richard Miles

This volume charts the radical transformation of an inner city neighbourhood in late antique Carthage which was excavated over a five-year period by a team from the University of Cambridge. Bordering the main thoroughfare leading from the Brysa Hill to the ports, the neighbourhood remained primarily a residential one from the second century until 530s AD when a substantial basilica was constructed over the eastern half of the insula. Further extensive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785706802
• ISBN13: 9781785706806
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.4" x 11.1"