"The image of Alexander depicted in the central scene of the mosaic is perhaps the most iconic and well-known representation of his face in ancient art." In the Roman Empire, mosaics were a highly ...

As the Roman Empire expanded across Europe and North Africa, mosaic art developed, spreading over the Mediterranean area, with sweeping landscapes and grandiose ceiling displays in palaces ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

Collected from Roman and Byzantine sites in Tunisia, the exceptionally well preserved mosaics occupy more than ... Tunisia were responsible for much of empire’s grain production, and the region ...

New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...

Traveling the world Over the next 30 years, Paul traveled some 10,000 miles across the Roman Empire, preaching in cities that were brimming with the poorest people, desperate to hear a message of ...

The imposing mosaic floor dates back to the Theodorian church built ... Criterion (iii): Aquileia was one of the largest and most wealthy cities of the Early Roman Empire. Criterion (iv): By virtue of ...

But what exactly was the Roman Empire? The Romans actually started ... you would have had one of these beautiful things called a mosaic on your floor. Now, mosaics are made up of lots of tiny ...

In our mosaic, they lie like a halo behind ... this proclamation Britain had of course ceased to be a part of the Roman Empire. The villa at Hinton St Mary had probably long been abandoned ...