How Is the Byzantine Mosaic Different From a Roman Mosaic

This mosaic consists of two different techniques of mosaic making opus vermiculatum and opus tessellatum. Αἴγυπτος Aígyptos ɛːɡyptos was a subdivision of the Roman Empire from Romes annexation of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in 30 BC to its loss by the Byzantine Empire to the Islamic conquests in AD 641.

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The province encompassed most of modern-day Egypt except for the Sinai and was bordered by the provinces of Crete and.

. An example is the Alexander Mosaic showing the confrontation of the young conqueror and the Grand King Darius III at the Battle of Issus a mosaic from a floor in the House of the Faun at Pompeii now in Naples.

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