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Mosaic Columns from The Villa of the Mosaic Columns in Pompeii

Villa of the Mosaic Columns

August 4, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Roman ArtTeaching Resources

The Villa of the Mosaic Columns reveals the richness of Roman horti culture, where gardens, mosaics, and architecture merge into a luxurious expression of status, leisure, and everyday life in ancient Pompeii.

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Fresco of Dionysos and Ariadne in the House of Capitelli Colorati, in Pompeii

Ariadne on Naxos

July 7, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Roman ArtTeaching Resources

Naxos blends myth and history: where Dionysus finds Ariadne on Palatia, inspiring timeless art—from the Portara to Pompeii frescoes—capturing love, divine intrigue, and enduring beauty.

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Tabula Peutingeriana

Eάλω η Πόλις

May 29, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Roman ArtTeaching Resources

The Tabula Peutingeriana presents the Roman world as a continuous road network rather than a geographic map, where stretched landscapes, red routes, and symbolic markers guide travellers through cities, inns, and distances.

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Small Arch of Galerius in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Small Arch of Galerius

May 22, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Roman ArtTeaching Resources

The Pre-Raphaelites reimagined art through intense realism, nature, and emotion—Rossetti and his circle reshaping Victorian creativity into a vivid world of beauty, symbolism, and imaginative “conception.”

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Woman with wax tablets and stylus and Portrait of a man holding a papyrus roll, both from Pompeii

Pompeiian Portraits of Distinction

February 8, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Roman ArtTeaching Resources

A striking Pompeian portrait captures a refined young couple—stylus and papyrus in hand—poised in quiet thought, embodying elegance, intellect, and the timeless allure of Roman artistic sophistication.

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Heraklitos, Asarotos Oikos (Unswept Floor) Mosaic in the Musei Vaticani, Museo Gregoriano Profano, Rome

Heraklitos and the Asarotos Oikos Mosaic

January 19, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Roman ArtTeaching Resources

Heraklitos’ Asarotos Oikos mosaic delights with its illusionistic “unswept floor,” blending humor, virtuosity, and elite sophistication—transforming everyday banquet remnants into a dazzling display of artistic mastery and status.

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Last Supper in Pompeii Exhibition Poster

Last Supper in Pompeii

December 11, 2019
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Roman ArtTeaching Resources

The Last Supper in Pompeii exhibition explores Roman food culture through vivid frescoes, mosaics, and artefacts, revealing everyday banquets and civic generosity in the richly preserved world of ancient Pompeii.

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Student Activity inspired by the Portraits of  Aulus Metellus and Emperor Augustus.

Augustus of Primaporta VS Aulus Matellus

June 1, 2019
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Roman ArtTeaching Resources

This Student Activity compares Augustus of Primaporta and Aulus Metellus, helping students explore Roman government through art—contrasting imperial power with republican ideals via analysis, writing, and creative response.

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