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Spolia (Latin for 'spoils'; sg.: spolium) are
stones taken from an old
structure and
repurposed for new
construction or
decorative purposes. It is the...
- The
spolia opima (Latin for 'rich spoils') were the armour, arms, and
other effects that an
ancient Roman general stripped from the body of an opposing...
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Spolia (spoils) is a
Latin word that
occurs in the
following contexts:
Spolia,
building rubble re-used
Spoils of
victory Spolia opima,
armour and arms...
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Salmacida Spolia was the last
masque performed at the
English Court before the
outbreak of the
English Civil War.
Written by Sir
William Davenant, with...
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Marcellus gained the most
prestigious award a
Roman general could earn, the
spolia opima, for
killing the
Gallic king
Viridomarus in
single combat in 222 BC...
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Although substantially ruined by
earthquakes and
stone robbers taking spolia, the
Colosseum is
still a
renowned symbol of
Imperial Rome and was listed...
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architectural elements from
ancient Egyptian monuments were
often used as
spolia for
later constructions. A
number of
medieval mosques, for example, incorporate...
- al-Nasir Muhammad, and the
Madrasa of
Sultan Barquq. Some
mosques include spolia (often
columns or capitals) from
earlier buildings built by the Romans,...
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typically Islamic are
still visible. An
official term for the
rationale is
spolia. The
mosque was
called the
djami of
Pasha Gazi K****im, and
djami means mosque...
- are also
grouped into
three for this reason. This
practice originated in
spolia churches that were
built from, and on top of, the
remains of
ancient pre-Christian...
