{"id":107930,"date":"2022-07-10T08:43:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T06:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=ciekawostki&#038;p=107930"},"modified":"2022-07-10T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T06:43:24","slug":"roman-mosaics-popular-among-wealthy-romans","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/roman-mosaics-popular-among-wealthy-romans\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman mosaics popular among wealthy Romans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The preserved remains of Roman mosaics throughout the former <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-empire\/\">Roman Empire<\/a> are proof that wealthy Romans loved to decorate their homes. The works of art depicted various images: heroes, <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-religion\/gods-of-ancient-rome\/\">gods<\/a>, women, <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/article\/animals-and-hunting-in-world-of-romans\/\">animals<\/a>, etc. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The mosaics in ancient <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/rome-eternal-city\/\">Rome<\/a> were made of coloured cubes (<em>tessera<\/em>), which the smaller the better they convey the perspective and chiaroscuro. The technique of arranging mosaics from the smallest possible pieces of cubes (even a few millimetres) was called <em>opus vermiculatum<\/em>. Very often, mosaics appeared in baths, where the floor rested on brick posts, creating a space under the surface for circulating warm air &#8211; this was the way to achieve a unique Roman floor heating system. In this way, it was necessary to rule out the use of heavy marble in favour of a light <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/roman-mosaic\/\">mosaic<\/a>, which additionally added charm to the place where the Romans relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>To see how much work accompanied slaves and artists in arranging such mosaics, one should go to Villa del Casale (<a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/underfloor-heating-system-in-villa-romana-del-casale-sicily\/\">Sicily<\/a>), where 120 million colourful cubes were placed over an area of \u200b\u200b4,000 square meters. This villa was probably built at the beginning of the 4th century CE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dalej\"><a title=\"More about Roman mosaics\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/kultura\/mozaika-rzymska\/\">More about Roman mosaics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40428,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[77],"class_list":["post-107930","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-unknown-facts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/107930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/107930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=107930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}