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This mosaic comes the baths of Ancholla in Tunisia.
In the centre is the god, Dionysus, on a chariot drawn by two Centaurs.
To either side are roundels with busts of a personification of two of the seasons.
Roaming around these is a frieze of sea nymphs and sea monsters.
But here, our interest lies in the minor decorative motifs
which run around the central rectangular panels.
On three sides, this is an alternating pattern of half-plant, half-human figures,
or grotesques, plant motifs with a grotesque head in the centre.
On the fourth side is a complex band of figures, grotesques, animals and plants,
leading to a central rosette.
These kinds of compositions are very similar to the details found
in Italian interior decoration, for example,
at Pompeii or in the Domus Aurea in Rome.
Another feature which links it to wall painting is the use of colour,
particularly yellows for the friezes.
So, in this case, the African mosaics seem to be reproducing motifs
and styles of composition which were current in Italy at the time.