Ancient Roman Mosaics

Detailed images of ancient Roman mosaics showcasing mythological themes, nature, and figures in vibrant colors, found in historical sites across Italy and North Africa.

MOROCCO, Volubilis: Roman Town mostly dating to 2nd & 3rd c. AD/ Abandoned by Romans in 280 AD Roman Era Mosaics

France, Haute-Loire Department, Auvergne Region, La Chaise-Dieu, Dance of Death fresco, 15th century

Deer mosaic, New House Of Hunt, Bulla Regia Archaeological Site, Tunisia, North Africa

The Hinton St Mary Mosaic, a Roman mosaic discovered at Hinton St Mary in the English county of Dorset. It appears to feature a portrait bust of Jesus Christ as its central motif. dated to the 4th century AD and is attributed to the workshop of the Durnovarian school of mosaic art.

Spain, Andalusia, Seville province, Santiponce. Roman city of Italica. Founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Scipio. House of the Planetarium. Mosaic which represents the seven stars of the solar system known at that time by the Romans. Each planet is personified by a god, in turn, symbolises a day of the week. Detail of Venus (Friday).

Italy, Paestum, Gaudio Tomb fresco, Greek Art

Mosaic fragment depicting two boxers fighting, 300-350 AD, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Roman civilization, 4th century AD.

Turkey, Eastern Anatolia, Hatay, Mosaic museum, Drunken Dionysus, 4th century

Egipto. Tumba 155 Antek. Campaña Djehuty 2012. Tumba de ínter (TT-155).

Floor mosaic, Masada (Unesco World Heritage List, 2001), Israel, 1st century BC-1st century AD.

Africa, Tunisia. Tunis, the bardo museum, roman mosaic

Detalle del ábside de Sant Quirze de Pedret, siglos X-XI. Museum: Museu Diocesà, Solsona.

DETALLE DE LA ORZA TUROLENSE CON ASAS DECORADA CON PALMETAS DERIVADAS DE LOS ATAURIQUES CARNOSOS DE MANISES, Y PAJAROS ESTILIZADOS - SIGLO XV. Location: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. TERUEL. SPAIN.

Floor mosaic depicting birds, Roman Casa de la Pajaros, Santiponce, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Fresco House of the Vettii Pompeii Italy

Eastern Mediterranean. Roman period. Funeray mosaics. Portrait. Woman's head. 3rd AD. Family portraits adorned the interior tombs. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Israel, Hammath, south of Tiberias, detail of Pisces from the signs of the zodiac 4th century mosaic in the synagogue

Fresco, Persian and Arabic art, Desert castle Qusair Amra, Amman region, Jordan, Asia

Frescoes of the temple of Akhenaten, Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo, Egypt, Africa.

The Creation of Eve 12-13th Century Mosaic Monreale Cathedral, Sicily

Wall-paintings from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, 1st century. Artist: Unknown

From the Standard of Ur (Peace side). Sumerian artefact (circa 2600 BC) excavated from the royal tomb in the city of Ur in the 1920's. South of what is now Baghdad in Iraq. It is an historical account of ancient warfare, and shows a king, subjects, musicians, soldiers and animals.

Roman mosaic with the seasons. Rome, Le Campanelle, Via Appia Nouva. 4th-5th century AD. National Roman Museum. Palace of Massimo. Rome. Itay.

Herculaneum. Ancient roman city. Neptune and Amphitrite. Mosaic. 1st century AD. Campania, Italy.

Detalle de Lapidación de san Esteban de Boí, siglo XI.

Achilles in Shiro, by Unknown artist, 1st Century, fresco (mural). Italy: Campania: Naples: National Archaeological Museum. Detail. Wall decoration Greek hero man Achilles lance/spear shield girls naked woman Deidamia

Tunisia, El Jem Colosseum. Mosaic Detail. Dog

DETALLE DE UN ANGEL DEL TAPIZ DE LA CREACION - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO, GERONA, SPAIN.

Horse with elephants trunk, Cathedral cloister, third arcade with frescoes, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Transport of a wild boar, room of the small Jahgd, mosaic floor, 3rd, 4th c. Roman luxury villa, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Fourth style fresco depicting a woman painter from Italy, Pompeii, painting on plaster, 55-79 A.D.

Rock painting by San bushmen in Drakensberg Royal Natal NP, South Africa.

Medallions with animal heads in pery style, mosaic floor, 3rd, 4th c. Roman luxury villa, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Pavement from Hinton St.Mary. 4th cent. AD. Romano-British mosaic. Roman Britain. ENGLAND.

GRABADO-DIBUJOS POMPEYANOS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Bacchus with Silenus rides in a chariot drawn by tigeresses. El Jem.(El Djem) Roman Mosaic. 2nd-4th cent. AD.

Mural paintings Mural paintings, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Alaitza, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21313939

Italy, Lazio Region, Viterbo Province, Tarquinia, Tomb of the Leopards, Frescoes

Wall painting depicting construction of wall, from Tomb of the Statilii on Esquiline Hill

SEVILLA. ITALICA. MOSAICO ROMANO. ARTE ROMANO.

Murals in Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, national museum of Roman art, Merida, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

old roman mosaic art at museum in tunis africa

in jordan the antique ceramic roman decorative mosaic like background

Iphigenia, mosaic found at Antioch, Turkey, Antakya, Hatay Archaeological Museum

Mosaic tiled floors at the archaeological Site of Volubilis, Voloubilis Roman ruins, Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès, Morocco

Elephant, animal tamer, Roman mosaics, Villa Romana del Casale, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piazza Armerina, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Mural painting, church of Pignols, Puy de Dome, Auvergne, France, Europe

Gladiator fights leopard. House of Dioysos mosaic. Roman. 3rd cent. AD. Paphos.

Europa, a figure of Greek mythology, and the bull, fresco from Pompeii, 1st century about the time of Ovid

Mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite Herculaneum Italy

Mosaic of fishermen, Utica Punic and Roman archaeological site, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Roman mosaic with marine and rural scenes. Late Imperial, late 2nd-3rd C. AD. Detail. Workman with short tunic. Museum Metropolitan. NY. USA.

Dancer. Detail of a banquet scene. Etruscan art. Fresco. ITALY. LAZIO. VITERBO. Tarquinia. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Tarquinia (National Museum of Tarquinia). Proc: ITALY. LAZIO. VITERBO. Tarquinia. Necropolis of Monterozzi. Tomb of the Triclinium.

Episodes from the Life of St Nicholas, by follower Vivarini Antonio, 15th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, San Giovanni Battista church. Detail of the scene depicting St Nicholas on horseback tearing his mantle: cloak with his sword to give a piece to a naked person.

Terracotta Vase for Mixing Wine and Water 321 B.C. Attributed to the Painter of Copenhagen.

Italy - Emilia-Romagna region - Ravenna. Basilica of St. Apollinare Nuovo (late 5th-early 6th century A.D.). The miraculous catch of 153 fishes. Mosaic

Anatomy class (fresh, 168x200). Museum: CATACUMBAS DE VIA LATINA ROMA ITALIA.

Santiponce (Seville), 08/13/2018. Report on the ruins of Itálica, candidate for World Heritage of Humanity. Photo: JM Serrano ARCHSEV.

Banquet scene, by Unknown, 62 - 79, 1st Century, painted stucco. Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum, from Herculaneum. Whole artwork. Couple half-naked man woman table tripod cup handmaid.

Tiger head, close, Roman mosaics, Villa Romana del Casale, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piazza Armerina, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Mosaic representing black servant, from Antioch, Turkey

Mosaic detail from the House of Dionysus, Volubilis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Wall paintings, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Mosaic of Perissoterus. Roman era. Italica, Andalusia, Spain. 2nd century. Archaeological Museum of Seville. Spain.

Burial chamber 5636 with frescoes from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis, Tarquinia, Viterbo province, Lazio Latium region, Italy, Europe

Angel riding on a dolphin, part of the Amphitrite Roman mosaic, House of Amphitrite, Bulla Regia Archaeological Site, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Mosaic detail design in the Neonian Baptistery, located next to the Ravenna Cathedral RAVENNA, ITALY - JUNE 12, 2024: mosaic detail design in the Neonian Baptistery, next to the Ravenna Cathedral Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 22017221

Demeter (Ceres) Mosaic at Gaziantep Archaeology Museum, Gaziantep (Antep), Turkey

Morocco, Volubilis Mosaic known as The Abduction of Hylas by the Nymphs, in the floor an ancient Roman building

Decorative Panel with Eagles first half 12th century (possibly 1129-34) Spanish. Decorative Panel with Eagles. Spanish. first half 12th century (possibly 1129-34). Fresco transferred to canvas. Made in Castile-León, Spain. Paintings-Fresco

Detail from Gallo-Roman mosaic pavement showing head and shoulders of woman and sprig of tree, and part of decorative border.

Madaba Map, early Byzantine mosaic, Madaba, Jordan

Alexander Mosaic. Battle of Issus (333 B.C.). Battle between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, Darius III. Mosaic. Pompei, Casa del Fauno (VI, 12, 2). 2nd century AD. Detail. Alexander with Bucephalus. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

mosaico figurativo,casa de los surtidores, primera mitad del siglo II, Conimbriga, ciudad del Conventus Scallabitanus, provincia romana de Lusitania, cerca de Condeixa-a-Nova, distrito de Coimbra, Portugal, europa.

Madness of Heracles (Hercules furens). Roman mosaic panel. 3rd-4th centuries AD. Detail. From Torre de Palma Lusitan-Roman villa, Monforte, Portalegre district, Portugal. National Archaeology Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Roman Fresco. Harpocrates standing near an altar, encircled by a snake. Herculaneum. Italy. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Elephant Attacking a Feline, late 4th-mid 5th century, 41 1/4 x 81 1/2 in. (104.78 x 207.01 cm), Mosaic, Turkey, Byzantine, Animal combat is a Near Eastern theme which entered early into Greek and later Roman art. The introduction of large-scale animal compositions was an important innovation in mosaic decoration, possibly stimulated by circus spectacles. In the fourth century A.D. pavement mosaics of hunting scenes were installed in the villa of Constantine the Great in Antioch, setting an important local precedent.

Italy S-Tyrol Tramin St Jakob in Kastellaz Apsis fresco Bestiary right section, St., Saint, Saint

Mosaic Floor with a Boxing Scene; Villelaure, France, Europe; about 175; Stone and glass tesserae; 208 × 208 × 8 cm, 498.9522 kg (81 7,8 × 81 7,8 × 3 1,8 in., 1099.99 lb.);

Syrians Bringing Horses, Tomb of Rekhmire. Artist: Nina de Garis Davies (1881-1965). Dimensions: H. 45 cm (17 11/16 in.); W. 52 cm (20 1/2 in.)Framed: H. 48.4 cm (19 1/16 in.); W. 55.9 cm (22 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Thutmose I-Thutmose III. Date: ca. 1504-1425 B.C..This facsimile painting copies a detail from a scene of foreignors bringing offerings in the tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100) in western Thebes. This section of the scene depicts Syrians bringing a metal ingot and a chariot (31.6.34), horses (31.3.41), exotic animals (31.6.43), vessels and weapons (30.4.83). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Detalle del Tapiz de la Creación, siglo XI, Museo Catedralicio de la Catedral de Girona.

King David. Drawing for the rose window of the Cathedral of Leon. 14th century. Paper, gouache. Leon Cathedral Chapter. Castile and Leon. Spain.

Krater depicting a battle between Samnite warriors. Detail. Made in Campania. From Montesarchio. Libation Painter. 350-325 BC. National Archeological Museum Sannio Caudino. Montesarchio. Italy.

MOTIVOS VEGETALES DE UN MOSAICO PALEOCRISTIANO DE LA BASILICA DE NEBO. Location: MONTE NEBO-DONDE MOISES VIO LA TIERRA PROMETIDA. Nación.

Small picture with theatrical scene, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, mural. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: Cubicolo B parete sinistra dell'anticamera. Small picture with theatrical scene frame trompe l'oeil red

Italy, Sicily, Palermo, Palatine Chapel Mosaic Mural commissioned by Norman King Roger II and completed in the 12th Century

Drunken Silenus. Roman mosaic. From the House of Paquius Proculus (I, 7, 1), Pompeii. Italy. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Italy, Campania, Pompeii. Detail of bird mosaic in the floor of the House of the Faun.

Venus being crowned by a centauress. Roman mosaic, 2nd-4th cen. AD, Elles.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IX, mural paintings illustrating Book of Day, Night, Caverns, Earth and Amduat, in Burial chamber from twentieth dynasty

Cassandra predicts the downfall of Troy by Roman-Pompeian wall painting / Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli/ 1st H. 1st cen. AD/ Fresco/ Art of Ancient Rome/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Soteria mosaic, Anakya, Turkey. Personification of Soteria from Narlica-Antakya. 5th cent. JH. N. CHR

The punishment of Dirce, a fresco from the House of the Vettii, Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

Tunisia, Tunisian Central Coast, El Jem, El Jem Museum, Roman-era mosaic

Etruscan civilization, Fresco portraying feast, From Tomb on Hill, Chiusi, Siena Province

Etruscan tombs at Tarquinia VIth century BC-Tomb of the Leopards detail of musician playing flute at funerary. Tarquinia, Italy.

Mosaic from Pompeii, Naples, Italy. Pompeii was an ancient city located in what is now the comune of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79

Slaughter of Niobids. Detail. Roman fresco. 20 BC-37 AD. House of the Sailor, Pompeii, Italy. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Roman era. Mural painting. Hunting scene. Dog chasing three deer. 2nd-3rd century AD. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia, Spain.

Adam and Eve mosaic, Mount Nebo Church, Jordan.

Phrixus and Helle, by Unknown, 62 - 79, 1st Century, painted stucco. Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum, from Pompeii. Whole artwork. Boy girl water drown save Phrixus Helle Hellespont mutton Golden Fleece sea dolphins brothers.

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