Μετασχηματισμοί του αστικού χώρου της Θεσσαλονίκης κατά την ύστερη αρχαιοτητα (4ος-6ος αι.) μέσα απο τα ανασκαφικά δεδομένα στον σταθμό Αγίας Σοφίας του μητροπολιτικού σιδηρόδρομου

Abstract

Based on the archaeological data of the excavations at the Hagia Sophia Station of the Metropolitan Railway, the decumanus maximus of the 4th century was revealed underneath the modern Egnatia Street, along with a monumental nymphaeum at the junction of two main streets, and large urban villas on both sides of the central street. The principal transformation of the urban tissue involves the transition from the residential plots of the 4th century to the open public spaces with the unknown ‒until recently‒ colonnaded marble-paved plazas (fora), which were erected in the 6th century between the Acheiropoietos and the Episcopal basilica at the site of the Byzantine Hagia Sophia church.