La cristianizzazione dell’anfiteatro di Durazzo: nuove considerazioni sui mosaici della cappella

Following its abandonment, the Roman amphitheatre of Durrës was re-functionalized through the construction of several cultic spaces. The most significant of these is a chapel containing the city’s most renowned early Byzantine evidence: two extensively discussed mosaic panels. These panels are positioned on the south and west walls of the niche at the chapel’s western end. The mosaic on the south wall shows a figure of doubtful identification between the figures of two angels and two small donors. This study proposes a new iconographic interpretation of this figure, considering the historical context of the city and the personalities that have most influenced its development.