honorthegods:January, fragment of a mosaic with the months of the year. First half third century CE.
honorthegods:January, fragment of a mosaic with the months of the year. First half third century CE. Discovered in the city of Thysdrus, Roman province of Byzacena,(modern El Djem, Tunisia). Collection of the Archeological Museum of Sousse. Photo: ©Ad Meskens, 2012 via Wikimedia Commons (X). License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 UnportedThis scene of two cloaked figures greeting each other before the statue of a Lar commemorates the Compitalia, a festival honoring the Lares compitales (guardian spirits of the neighborhood). -- source link
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