ABSTRACT
This chapter scrutinizes the nature of the relationship between urban space and display of honorific portrait statues in Late Antiquity. The assumption of the chapter is that space is a socially constructed phenomenon, and this construction in Late Antiquity occurred mainly on two axes: visibility and mobility. The chapter argues that one of the factors elongating the habit of honorific statuary into the sixth century is the intricate entanglement of the statue medium with urban space. On the one hand, the space was deliberately adjusted to accommodate new statuary and ensembles; on the other hand, the space itself modified the honorific habit by posing spatial and social constraints or by providing novel display opportunities. The main body of evidence is drawn from Asia Minor and Constantinople, the second region after Italy where the statue dedications are highest in Late Antiquity.
