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title: House of the Athlete Mosaic, Volubilis
author: Luiz Barucke
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12645/house-of-the-athlete-mosaic-volubilis/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# House of the Athlete Mosaic, Volubilis
_Authored by Luiz Barucke_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12645.jpg)
## Image Caption
A [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [mosaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mosaic/) depicting an athlete riding a donkey backwards. From the House of the Athlete in Volubilis. Near Rabat, Morocco.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Barucke, L. (2020, August 31). House of the Athlete Mosaic, Volubilis. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Barucke, Luiz. "House of the Athlete Mosaic, Volubilis." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 31, 2020. .
### MLA
Barucke, Luiz. "House of the Athlete Mosaic, Volubilis." *World History Encyclopedia*, 31 Aug 2020, .
## License & Copyright
[](https://www.flickr.com/photos/baruck/5239199941/)This image was first published on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com). [Original image](https://www.flickr.com/photos/baruck/5239199941/) by [**Luiz Barucke**](https://www.flickr.com/photos/baruck/5239199941/). Submitted by [Arienne King](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ava.spartan.117/ "User Page: Arienne King"), published on 31 August 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.