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