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Although architectural recycling was common practice throughout antiquity, many of the spolia churches date from centuries after the heyday of Ancient Rome ... newly built, high-design ones.

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After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and ...