honorthegods:December Fragment of a mosaic with the months of the year. First half third century CE.
honorthegods:December 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 Archaeological Museum of Sousse. Photo: © Ad Meskens, 2012 via Wikimedia Commons (X) License: CC BY-SA 3.0 The panel for this month depicts three men, each wearing only a wreath on his head and a subligaculum or limus - basically, underwear or a loincloth. The central figure is holding a torch or candle, symbolic of the Saturnalia. -- source link
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