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A Roman mosaic on a wall in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century AD. A Roman mosaic is a mosaic made during the Roman period, throughout the Roman Republic and later Empire. Mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings, [1] on both floors and walls, though they competed with cheaper frescos for ...
The Neptune Triumph and the House of Sorothus mosaic, also known as the Neptune and Nereids mosaic or the Neptune Procession mosaic, is a Roman mosaic dating from the 1st or 2nd century, discovered in Tunisia at the end of the 19th century, in the House of Sorothus on the site of Sousse, the ancient Hadrumetus.
The mosaic during excavation in 2017. The mosaic was revealed during a community archaeology project in 2017. From 2011, the project investigated three Roman sites near the village of Boxford, which was led by the Boxford History Project with the Berkshire Archaeology Research Group, and with the help of many local enthusiastic volunteers and the expertise of Senior Project Officer, Matt ...
Bignor Roman Villa is a large Roman courtyard villa which has been excavated and put on public display on the Bignor estate in the English county of West Sussex. It is well known for its high quality mosaic floors, which are some of the most complete and intricate in the country.
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Plan of the villa The Orpheus mosaic Littlecote mosaic restoration in 1979 Littlecote mosaic - Horse, Man and Bird Littlecote mosaic - Animal and Urn. Littlecote Roman Villa is an extensive and exceptional Roman villa, with associated religious complex, at Littlecote Park just over a mile west of Hungerford, Berkshire. [1]
A mosaic from the floor of an ancient Roman villa has been uncovered on the seabed in the waters off Naples.. Now underwater, the marble floor would originally have been located in the “protiro ...
The large 14-foot (4.3m) square mosaic from the floor of the frigidarium depicts the story of Aeneas and Dido, as told in the 1st century BC by the Roman poet, Virgil. Like the villa, it dates to the mid-4th century. The Low Ham mosaic is unique in Roman Britain in providing a narrative story in five panels.