Opus Vermiculatum

This week take a look at the most popular pets that the Ancient Romans kept. AND, next week we'll be looking at the weirdest, oddest, and most outlandish pets.

Photographed at the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli in Naples, Italy

Photographed at the National Museum of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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Mosaic, Pompeii

Floor mosaic depicting birds, fish and fruit basket. Opus vermiculatum, Roman artwork of the end of the Ist century AD/begin of the Ist century BC. National Museum of Rome.

"overlap"

Battle of Alexander and Darius (close-up). Mosaic from Pompeii (House of the Faun, VI 12, 2, exedra). 125—120 BCE. Inv. No. 10020. Naples, National Archaeological Museum (Photo by Ilya Shurygin).