Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Four Circus Maximus Charioteers with Horses Mosaic
Alternate Title:
Four Charioteers
Image View:
Overall view of all four emblemata (detailed panels from a floor mosaic)
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; largo di Villa Peretti, 1
GPS:
41.901403 12.498216
Date:
ca. 190-230 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
floor (surface element)
Work Type 2:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
mosaics
Material:
colored stone tesserae
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Description:
The four Roman racing companies or stables (factiones) were known by the racing colors worn by their charioteers (aurigae); these four panels (emblemata from a floor mosaic) of the Severan period depict a charioteer and horse from each of the stables, red (russata), white (albata), blue (veneta), and green (prasina). They would have raced in the Circus Maximus. The four mosaic sections are from a bedroom in a villa found in Baccano (Baccanae) on Via Cassia near Rome probably belonging to the imperial Severan family.
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PM-MPH-A10
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Four Circus Maximus Charioteers with Horses Mosaic