Ancient Roman Mosaics

Detailed mosaics showcasing mythological themes and figures from ancient Rome, depicting various scenes and characters in vibrant colors.

Ancient Egypt. Kom El Shugafa, catacomb, 2nd level tomb. Alexandria. 1st cent. BC. The Sacred Bull and Necklace. Nephthys.

Tomb of the diver, East wall fresco. Scene with nude man holding a drinking cup. C. 480 BC. Greek Art. Paestum Archaeological Museum.

6th century Byzantine Roman mosaic of hunters, from the peristyle of the Great Palace from the reign of Emperor Justinian I, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

MOSAICO DE UNA VILLA ROMANA-PASTOR TOCANDO LA FLAUTA. Location: MUSEO. CORINTO. GREECE.

Pafos town, Gazibaf, ruined site of the ancient town, archaeological park, floor mosaic, Cyprus, Europe

Central panel mosaic. Medusa's head. Roman era. 2nd-3rd century AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Gladiators fighting, mosaic work from Terranova near Tuscolo (Italy, Latium region). Detail

Mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale (Roman Villa) in Piazza Armerina Sicily Italy

Wall Mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite, Casa di Nettuno e Anfitrite, House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Roman excavation site, Herculaneum, Ercolano, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Greek civilization, Black-figure pottery, Krater depicting fight for the body of Patroclus, From Farsala, Greece

Detail of a fresco depicting a sacrificial scene, the House of the Vettii, Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

Conimbriga, figurative mosaic, house of the fountains, first half of the 2nd century, city of the Conventus Scallabitanus, district of Coimbra, Portugal.

Bethlehem 6th century mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Mural paintings Mural paintings, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Alaitza, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21313872

Painting of Abraham and Lot split apart, St. Savin Abbey, Saint_Savin_sur_Gartempe, Vienne, France, Europe

Italy, Val Trebbia, Spina, Detail of Dionysus from red-figure Attic krater, painted by the painter of the Niobides, 460 B.C.

God Dionysus Mosaic Herculaneum Italy

Fresco depicting Iphigenia in Tauris, from the House of Pinario Ceriale in Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

Detail of a Roman mosaic showing one of the four winds, 3rd century. Artist: Unknown

Mosaic depicting doves drinking from vase, copy of Pergamenian original of 2nd century B.C., from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, Italy

Mosaic of Iphigenia in Aulis, 3rd century AD, Archaeological Museum, Antioch, Hatay Archaeological Museum, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, Asia

Ancient mosaik, Villa Romana Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy

Marble tombstone, found in Delos A nude youth taking an oil flask from a boy attendant, About 375 BC Given by W Rooke,1825

Mosaic at the Mizgaga Museum in Kibbutz Nahsholim

Magna Graecia. Lucanian tomb. Greek style painting with italic influence depicting a funerary procession. Detail. 4th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Paestum. Italy.

Priapus. Erotic fresco from Pompeii in the Secret Cabinet of the National Archaeological Museum (museo archeologico nazionale) in Naples, Italy.

Roman fresco depicting Endymion contemplating his beloved Selene descending towards him covered with a dark mantle. Triclinium. House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Roman civilization, 1st century A.D. Fresco depicting a scene from a comedy by Menander, The Possessed Girl: itinerant musicians from Italy, Stabiae, painting on plaster, 30-40 A.D.

Gladiator. Mosaic from Kourion, House of the Gladiators. 2nd cent. AD. Roman Period. CYPRUS.

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

Roman mosaic of the Triumph of Bacchus. Detail. It depicts the God on a chariot pulled by two tigers, next to a winged Victory and a Satyr. The procession is headed by a dancing Maenad (only partially preserved), followed by Pan with the nebris, guiding the beasts by pulling on the reins. Next to the tigers, a Maenad with an ivy crown and a torch and a girl. 2nd century AD. Marble. From Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Spain - Andalusia - Italica. Planetarium, mosaic, detail

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale. ca. 5040 B.C.

Mosaic depicting worship scene and cockfight, Roman civilization

Turkey, Eastern Anatolia, Hatay, Mosaic museum, Oceanus Thetis

PANTEON REAL-PINTURAS ROMANICAS-CALENDARIO AGRICOLA-NOVIEMBRE-MATANZA DEL CERDO-AÑO 1160/1170. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO. LEON. SPAIN.

Wall painting from the House of the Vetti, in the Roman city of Pompeii. The house partially survived the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The house is named for its owners, two successful freedmen: Aulus Vettius Conviva, an Augustalis, and Aulus Vettius. The wall frescos, completed following the earthquake of 62 AD, are in the manner art historians term the 'Pompeiian Fourth Style. '

Representation of the battle of Hercules with the Nemean Lion, Kylix, flat drinking vessel, Archaic period, Archaeological Museum, Corfu Town, Corfu Island, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Mosaic Fragment with a Bust ofErato

Mosaic in Corridor of Hunting Scenes, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy

Mosaics, Terme di Porta Marina, Ostia Antica archaeological site, Ostia, Rome province, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers 3rd-4th century Roman or Byzantine This mosaic, probably part of a much larger floor mosaic, shows a peacock among flowers. The peacock was a popular subject for Roman and Byzantine artists, often used to represent paradise, renewal, and spring. Byzantines might have thought the peacock an appropriate symbol for the season, because its elaborate feathers grew each spring. Associating the peacock with heavenly paradise was an extension of the Byzantine vision of earthly paradisemany wealthy citizens were known to have kept peacocks to roam about the flowers and trees of their gardens.. Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers. Roman or Byzantine. 3rd-4th century. Tesserae mounted in metal frame. Made in probably North Africa. Mosaics

Fresco depicting a group of Roman ladies in conversation, from the House of the Ancient Hunt, in Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

Virgil and the three muses; 3rd century AD Roman Mosaic discovered at Sousse, Tunisia.

PINTURA MURAL DE SANT ESTEVE D´ANDORRA LA VIEJA. Author: MESTRE D'ANDORRA.

DETALLE DEL MOSAICO OCTOGONAL DE LA VILLA ROMANA DE LA VEGA BAJA (TOLEDO), REPRESENTANDO UN PUERTO ROMANO Y ESCENAS MARITIMAS (HACIA 300 D.C.). EN EL MUSEO DE SANTA CRUZ.

Theseus Mosaic. Date/Period: 300 - 400. Mosaics. Marble and Limestone pebbles. Height: 4,100 mm (13.45 ft); Width: 4,200 mm (13.77 ft). Author: UNKNOWN.

Tomb fresco depicting an artistocratic Etruscan, in red shoes and toga, with servants to the left. Taken a larger fresco. Dated 2nd Century B.C.

Maya Relief. Relief with Offering Scene. Mexico or Guatemala. 8th century. Printed limestone. This low-relief sculpture is a lintel from an eighth-century building. The scene depicted shows a richly dressed young lord seated on a dias, receiving gifts from two handsomely dressed guests.

Funeray mosaics from Edessa Region (Urfa, Turkey). Family portraits adorned the interior tombs. Roman Times. Woman's head. 2nd-3rd AD. century Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Dionysiac scene with a Maenad from Italy, Campania, Pompeii, opus sectile, 55-79 A.D.

Tunisia, Tunis, Bardo Museum, Roman-era mosaics

Woman gathering fallen fruit. La Chebba. Roman Mosaic. 2nd- 4th cent. AD. TUNISIA.

This photo of a mosaci of a girl in what resembles today's bikini was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. This photo of a mosaic of a girl in what resembles today's bikini was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Piazza Armerina is home to the Roman Villa del Casale and its famous mosaics, the 'finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world,' as described by UNESCO, which inserted it into its World Heritage list in 1997. Villa Romana was a lavish patrician residence built at the center of a huge latifundium (agricultural estate) at the end of the

Fresco depicting Perseus setting Andromeda free, from House of the Dioscuri, Pompei

Woman picking fruit, Roman mosaics, Villa Romana del Casale, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piazza Armerina, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Mosaic of Adam and Eve, inside Monreale Cathedral, Monreale, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Chittra Shala courtyard with virtuoso fine paintings, Taragarh Fort, Bundi, Bundi, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Ancient Roman mosaic with the representing an old Woman. Barcelona, Spain 2013

Kourion, Assyrian Ku-ri-i, ancient Greek, Latin Curium, historical, ancient excavation site, ruin site, mosaic in the House of the Gladiators, Cyprus, Europe

The bikini girls, sportswomen, mosaic floor, 3rd, 4th century Roman luxury villa, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, Europe

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.

Tondo depicting the Lamb of God, fragment of the floor from the Baptistery of St Giovanni in Florence, 12th-13th century, mosaic, Italy.

Detail of a Roman wall-painting showing a poet, 1st century. Artist: Unknown

Dancer, detail from the frescoes in the Tomb of The Jugglers, Necropolis of Tarquinia (Unesco World Heritage List, 2004), Lazio, Italy. Etruscan civilisation, 6th century BC.

Narcissus and Echo Mosaic found at Antioch Roman Art Hatay Archaeological Museum, Antakya, Turkey

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

Mosaic of Adam and Eve, inside Monreale Cathedral, Monreale, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Detail of an altar painted with a fresco depicting The Victory, from Milan, Via Circo (Lombardy). Roman Civilization, second half 1st Century.

PANEL EN OPUS SECTILE CON TIGRE ATACANDO UN TERNERO - MARMOL COLOREADO - SEGUNDO CUARTO DEL SIGLO IV DC - 124x184. Location: MUSEO CAPITOLINO. Rome. ITALIA.

Detail of Mosaic floor, Ruins of the Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla), Thermae Antoninianae , one of the most important baths of Rome at the time of the Roman Empire, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe, UNESCO World Heritage.

Romanesque art. 12th century. Altar de Sagas. Original sin. Adam and Eve. Tempera on wood. From Sagas. Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Solsona. Catalonia, Spain.

Mosaic work depicting two hunters with pikes, The Great Palace Mosaic Museum in Istanbul, Turkey

Kariye Camii, Istanbul, St Peter, 14th century mosaic

Mosaic work depicting a fishing scene

Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment. Unknown

Venus en una barca, mosaico, siglo III, Utica, Tunez.

Parade of Justitian, mosaic copy, Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century, mosaic school producing mosaic masters, Spilimbergo, city of mosaic art, Friuli, Italy, Spilimbergo, Friuli, Italy, Europe

MOSAICO DE HELLIN-ARTE ROMANO-ALEGORIA OCTUBRE. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mosaic depicting human skeleton with inscription Know thyself

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