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They attached the tesserae, or small tiles to the floors with mortar just as some mosiacs are still attached today.

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The Romans used a mix called Pozzolan, volcanic rock crushed and mixed with lime.

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Roman mosaics were placed on the floor. They were floor decorations.


Why were ancient floor mosaics made from white marble?

the ancient Romans who made floor mosaics had a great supply of marble so they used that but they made so many that they saved the other type of rock for makeing more important things


How did Romans decorate there floors?

The Romans decorated their floors with mosaics.


What did the ancient Romans use to decorate the floors and walls of their homes?

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Where would mosaics have been found in roman times?

Mosaics would have been found in the homes of wealthy Romans. Mosaics were floor decorations and only the wealthy could afford to have them installed. They could also be installed in public buildings and temples perhaps as a gift from a wealthy person.


Where did Romans place mosaics?

Roman people usually had their mosaics, that were made especially for them, put in or made into a floor of the house, or sometimes used for patio floors also. The Romans mostly often placed the mosaics in the bathrooms. They decorated it as an image of the sea because it goes with the bath houses. Very matching don't you think? It gives you the image of seeing the bathroom as the ocean.


Was the mosaic an innov ation of Romans?

Yes. The mosaic is the only art form not borrowed from other cultures. From Musivarius: It tends to be acepted that the Romans took the craft of mosaic from the Greeks who developed floor mosaics made with pebbles starting in the 5th century BC. These began to be made using cut stone from about the 3rd century BC and with the take over of Greece in 2nd century BC the Romans developed a taste for floor mosaics.


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Why was the dog mosaic used for decorations?

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How did the Romans stick down there mosaics?

They used mortar.