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Question: Need info on Ancient roman mosaics please!.!.!.!.!?
I have to write a 2 page paper on roman mosaics!.!.and I just need some little odd and in info!.!.I have all the basic info!.!.just need some other to make my paper longer!.
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Well, for one, Roman mosaics are the only way we know what Greek frescoes looked like!. The Romans often "copied" Greek paintings into their mosaics!. Like, in Pompeii, there's a mosaic of Alexander the Great going to battle against Darius (Persia)!. This was originally a Greek wall fresco which has since been lost!. Thanks to the Romans, we have a well-preserved copy of it!. Later on, after the western Roman empire fell, the Byzantine Empire incorporated mosaics into their churches and buildings - that style remained mostly unchanged from around the 5th Century CE up until the 15th Century CE!.Www@QuestionHome@Com