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Oil lamps with gladiatorial scenes
This is a terracotta oil lamp featuring a murmillo gladiator. We can identify the gladiator with his distinctive helmet with a fish-scale like protrusion on the top.
Odeon
The Odeon, the smaller theatre used for public music and poetry performances, was built at the end of the 1st century CE or at the beginning of the 2nd century CE. It had 3,000 seats. The orchestra pavement was made of the most beautifully coloured…
Mosaic with tragic mask
This mosaic includes two tragic theatre masks surrounded by vines and fruit. It was found in Pompeii's House of the Faun. The imagery likely refers to Dionysus, god of theatre and wine.
Mosaic with tragic mask
This mosaic includes two tragic theatre masks surrounded by vines and fruit. It was found in Pompeii's House of the Faun. The imagery likely refers to Dionysus, god of theatre and wine.
Mosaic street musicians wearing theatrical masks
This vivid mosaic captures actors in a comedy. They wear comedic masks and brilliantly colored clothing as they play music in the street. This mosaic, like others from the Villa of Cicero, is signed by Dioskourides of Samos. It dates to the first…
Mosaic showing a theatre scene
This mosaic depicts two women consulting a sorceress. All three figures wear theatre masks as they sit around the table. Vases are placed on the table suggesting that the sorceress may be conjuring potions with the help of her young assistant on the…
Mosaic panels depicting actors
These hexagonal mosaic panels were found in a countryside villa on the Via Aurelia dating to the early 3rd century CE. Each panel has a central image of two actors surrounded by floral patterns.
Mosaic panels depicting actors
These hexagonal mosaic panels were found in a countryside villa on the Via Aurelia dating to the early 3rd century CE. Each panel has a central image of two actors surrounded by floral patterns.
Mosaic panels depicting actors
These hexagonal mosaic panels were found in a countryside villa on the Via Aurelia dating to the early 3rd century CE. Each panel has a central image of two actors surrounded by floral patterns.
Mosaic panels depicting actors
These hexagonal mosaic panels were found in a countryside villa on the Via Aurelia dating to the early 3rd century CE. Each panel has a central image of two actors surrounded by floral patterns.