10 Places Where We Can See Unique Roman Mosaics

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4Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily

The summer villa, built in the 3rd century CE, is a powerful complex that consisted of a large number of rooms, a bathhouse or a courtyard. He certainly belonged to an important person of that time.

The mosaics are extremely colourful and show scenes from everyday life, hunting, myths and games. One of the most expressive is certainly the mosaic showing gymnasts women. The most interesting is women’s dress, which we would now call a bikini.