Roman Mosaics
By Alex
Where Were they found?
Temples, shrines and villas
Bath houses PalacesUsually on the floors
Sometimes on the ceiling of a grotto
Venta (Winchester in Hampshire)
Durnovaria (Dorchester in Dorset)
Lindinis (Ilchester in Somerset)
Corinium (Cirencester in Gloucestershire)
Durobrivae (Water Newton in Huntingdonshire)
What were they made of?
Small squares of stone
Sometimes glass Common colours
were white, black, orange and yellow
Green was made from glass and was very rare
http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/kids/romans/roman_mosaics.html
Why were they made?
To impress visitors To represent gods To be beautiful To make people
happy
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/info.htm
Venus
DiningRoomFloor
Who had them?
Rich romans had the best mosaics
Less important rooms had repeating patterns
How were they found?
Archaeologists dig them up Near Roman villas
Sometimes found by accident Ploughing a field
http://www.livescience.com/23250-enormous-roman-mosaic-found-farmer-field.html
Found in Turkey, this mosaicSurrounded a roman swimming pool