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...

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...

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...

have gained spolia 23 times. The higher the rank of the opponent killed in combat, the more prestigious the spolia, and none more so than spolia duci hostium...

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...

protection. The Themistoclean Wall was completed in 479 BC and built with spolia, old materials, in this case destroyed temples, statues, and other ruins...

Although substantially ruined by earthquakes and stone robbers taking spolia, the Colosseum is still a renowned symbol of Imperial Rome and was listed...

Fulda, Corvey, Trier, Müstair, Mals, Naturns, Cividale, Brescia and Milan. Spolia is the Latin term for "spoils" and is used to refer to the taking or appropriation...

performed the ritual on the streets outside the mosque complex. Since the spolia of Jain and Hindu temples were used to construct the minaret, the right-wing...

gold, and mounted in a medieval silver-gilt eagle. The vase is a medieval spolia piece and is displayed along with the French regalia in the Galerie d'Apollon...

figure of the Second Punic War, who was five times consul, and won the spolia opima, defeating and killing the Gallic king, Viridomarus, in single combat...

antimachus Staudinger, 1888 Pseudaletis nigra Holland, 1892 Pseudaletis spolia Riley, 1922 Pseudaletis dardanella Riley, 1922 Pseudaletis occidentalis...

with the caliphal period.: 244–245  These capitals later became prized spolia and can be found in later buildings across the region built under the Almoravids...

architectural elements from ancient Egyptian monuments were often used as spolia for later constructions. A number of medieval mosques, for example, incorporate...

Spolia of the Great Altar...

was reused, which since at least the early 16th century became known as spolia. Through the process of case-hardening, granite becomes harder with age...

Bertolo, Fabio M. (2003). "L'Officiolum ritrovato di Francesco da Barberino". Spolia – Journal of Medieval Studies. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023...

run across the mausoleum's four walls. Repurposed by Shajar al-Durr as spolia, the beams were originally created for a Fatimid palace. They contain Fatimid...

Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1956). "The Ceylon leopard, a distinct subspecies". Spolia Zeylanica. 28: 115–116. Stein, A. B.; Athreya, V.; Gerngross, P.; Balme...

cross-in-square style, it is, uniquely, almost entirely built of reused spolia from earlier buildings, ranging from Classical Antiquity to the 12th or...

the real Gorgon is Medusa. An ancient Roman carving of the Medusa, now a spolia in use as a column base in the Basilica Cistern The Medusa's head central...

later was incorporated into a massive Renaissance baptistery. The use of spolia from the tomb in the post-Roman period was noted in the 16th century – Giorgio...

the sacred flintstone (silex). The most ancient known rites, those of the spolia opima and of the fetials which connect Jupiter with Mars and Quirinus are...

al-Nasir Muhammad, and the Madrasa of Sultan Barquq. Some mosques include spolia (often columns or capitals) from earlier buildings built by the Romans,...

to have founded Rome's first temple to Jupiter Feretrius and offered the spolia opima, the prime spoils taken in war, in the celebration of the first Roman...

nave and the main building medium was opus africanum of local stone, and spolia was infrequently used. The Church of the East's Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon...

a monastery.: 673  Some of the White Monastery's limestone ashlars were spolia; the stones were likely taken from the pharaonic buildings at Upper Egyptian...

combat, Romulus stripped him of his armour, becoming the first to claim the spolia opima, and vowed to build a temple to Jupiter Feretrius. Antemnae and Crustumerium...

Heritage Library. Willey, Arthur (1904). "Some rare snakes of Ceylon". Spolia Zeylanica. 1 (3): 81–89 – via Internet Archive. Ferguson, Donald (1897)...