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Medallion with Spring wearing a torque, Tunisia 120-130 CE [d/b]

Mosaic from the ‘Baths of Trajan’, Acholla, Tunisia,  120-130 CE more >>

Medallion with the personification of spring Getty Images

Roman mosaic, medallion representing the spring on an emosaïque of Acholla, middle of the IIth century, museum of Bardo. The National Bardo Museum is the oldest and the most important of Tunisian museums. The museum has gained an international reputation for the richest, the most varied and the most refined collection of roman mosaics.
Triumph of Dionysus with marine centaurs, allegories of the seasons, 120-130 CE, mosaic from the Baths of Trajan, Acholla, Tunisia. Roman civilisation, 2nd century AD. Tunis, Musée National Du Bardo (Archaeological Museum) (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
Personification of Winter,  Baths of Trajan, Acholla

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