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Roman Mosaics By Alex. Where Were they found? Temples, shrines and villas Bath houses Palaces Usually on the floors Sometimes on the ceiling of a grotto.

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1 Roman Mosaics By Alex

2 Where Were they found? Temples, shrines and villas Bath houses Palaces Usually 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)

3 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

4 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 Dining Room Floor

5 Who had them? Rich romans had the best mosaics Less important rooms had repeating patterns

6 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 mosaic Surrounded a roman swimming pool

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