03-07-2017, 02:50 PM
(03-06-2017, 12:14 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote: Besides which, the mosaic is on the floor - not the place to put the portrait of a godlike emperor. Slaves might step on it...!
Apart from guess if it's an emperor or not (given te rest of the villa and the troops, it might), I see no problems with its position. Gods are very often portrayed in mosaics - nobody seemed to mind they are on the floor either.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
