The apotheosis of Hercules

It has always been believed that the northern [approfondimenti id="33693" testo_link="apse"] of the [approfondimenti id="33343" testo_link="triclinium"] depicted the apotheosis of [approfondimenti id="33720" testo_link="Hercules"], the moment following his death when the hero was welcomed among the ...
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The protagonists of the mosaics

The vast hall is decorated with mosaics narrating three cycles of Greek-Roman mythology: the [approfondimenti id="33702" testo_link="twelve labours of Hercules"] in the central hall and the myth of [approfondimenti id="33712" testo_link="Marsyas"] in the northern apse, the [approfondimenti id="3370...
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Banquets and panegyrics enlivened the vast hall, against the background of a floor mosaic celebrating the feats of Hercules

Brought to light in 1935, after the basilica hall, the building is considered the most regal and eloquent of the late antiquity residence for the dynamism and sumptuousness of its architecture, consisting of three large [approfondimenti id="33814" testo_link="apses"].The hall’s role of reception a...
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