Baptisteries, commonly octagonal in plan, are among…

432 CE

Baptisteries, commonly octagonal in plan, are among the most symbolic of all Christian architectural forms; and the characteristic design that had been developed by the fourth century CE can be seen today in what is probably the earliest extant example, the baptistery of the Lateran palace in Rome, built by Sixtus III.

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Rome > Roma Lazio Italy View →

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Pope Sixtus III View →

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Christianity, Nicene View → Italy, Praetorian prefecture of View → Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna) View → Italy, Diocese of View → Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East) View →

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Middle Subatlantic Period View → Late Antiquity View → Migration Period View → Hun Raids on the Roman Empire View → Fall of the Western Roman Empire View → Vandal Raids on the Roman Empire View →

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People: Hattusili III
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