Roman Mosaic Floor England

It is largely red yellow and cream in colouring.

Roman mosaic floor england.

The hinton st mary mosaic is a large almost complete roman mosaic discovered at hinton st mary dorset england. Archaeologists conducting excavations at chedworth roman villa in gloucestershire england have discovered the first known roman mosaic that dates from the 5 th century ad. Villa of the fourth century ad with mosaics depicting europa and the bull and bellerophon and the chimaera as well as one of the earliest christian shrines in britain. The mosaic floor was first discovered inside room 28 at the chedworth roman villa in gloucestershire england in 2017 but testing to verify the age of the floor has just been completed uk.

The mosaic was chosen as object 44 in the bbc radio 4 programme a history of the world in 100 objects presented by british museum director neil macgregor. Lullingstone roman villa kent. Fishbourne roman palace west sussex. It appears to feature a portrait bust of jesus christ as its central motif.

One of the best displays of roman material in britain including the bucklersbury mosaic the largest surviving roman mosaic from london. The mosaic covered two rooms joined by a small decorated threshold. A large proportion of surviving examples come from italian sites such as pompeii and herculaneum as well as other. On stylistic grounds.

A roman mosaic is a mosaic made during the roman period throughout the roman republic and later empire. The dating of the mosaic and other discoveries elsewhere in western england and wales suggests that pockets of roman civilisation survived to varying degrees in several different parts of. Chedworth roman villa is one of the largest roman villa complexes in britain built in several phases from the 2 nd century to the 5 th century ad. Read more about the lullingstone mosaics on asprom s resources page.

They were highly influenced by earlier and contemporary hellenistic greek mosaics and often included famous figures from history and mythology such as alexander the great in the alexander mosaic. Mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings. The lopen roman mosaic is a roman mosaic probably from a roman villa in the village of lopen somerset england.