Fig. 7. Forum at Maktar, with the arch of Trajan near the center and the pagan-Christian basilica in the right distance. The square baptismal font had a baldachin whose colonnette bases were decorated with pagan symbols, here a stag and bow (Figure 9). They seem rather out-of -place and actually were reused material taken from a mid-second century Temple of Diana and Apollo that today lies in complete ruin. of the Arch of Trajan M. Picard in Southwest 1944 excavated another church (Figure 10). It was originally a pagan building, with colonnaded courtyard and adjacent rooms along the north, and may have been a schola. It is seen here from the rear hemmed in by ruins which suggest the close quarters of the city after some centuries of construction. As used by the Christians, the small, three-aisled basilica had at either end four columns enclosing an "altar" (Figure ii). That to the west (in the foreground) stands in front of the apse, an arrangement typical of North African churches. The floor was covered with mosaic, both pagan and Christian. Among the proofs for Christian use of this building are three tomb mosaics cut into the nave pavement. Their style, epigraphy and formulae date them in the sixth century. The "altar" is a striking example of the adaptability of pagan monuments to Christian use. It was the tomb Fig. 8. Double-colonnaded Christian basilica. Winter 1951 215