Low Ham mosaic
- Description
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This Roman mosaic is the oldest object in Britain to tell a complete story. It was made for the bath complex at Low Ham Roman villa in about AD 350. The mosaic records the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas in five narrative panels. The story was written by the Roman poet Virgil in the 1st century BC.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 75/1991
- Collection Class
- Roman
- Common Name
- Low Ham mosaic
- Simple Name
- mosaic
- Period Classification
- Roman (AD 43-410)
- Production Date
- 350
- Production Country
- England
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Material
- mortar, stone
- Collection Site Name
- Low Ham Roman Villa
- Collection Parish
- Low Ham
- Collection Town
- Low Ham
- Collection County
- Somerset
- Collection Country
- England
- Collection Continent
- Europe