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title: Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1380/garden-fresco-livias-villa-rome/
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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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# Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1380.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1380.jpg)

## Image Caption

A section of the garden [fresco](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Fresco/) from the triclinium or dining room from [Livia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Livia_Drusilla/)'s Villa, [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/), 1st century BCE. The fresco runs around all four walls and gives a 360° panorama of a luxuriant garden with birds and insects against a brilliant blue sky. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2013, August 11). Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1380/garden-fresco-livias-villa-rome/>
### Chicago
Cartwright, Mark. "Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 11, 2013. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1380/garden-fresco-livias-villa-rome/>.
### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome." *World History Encyclopedia*, 11 Aug 2013, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1380/garden-fresco-livias-villa-rome/>.

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