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title: Centaur, Roman Mosaic
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2513/centaur-roman-mosaic/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Centaur, Roman Mosaic

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![Centaur, Roman Mosaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2513.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2513.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [mosaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mosaic/) found at [Hadrian](https://www.worldhistory.org/hadrian/)'s Villa depicting a pair of centaurs fighting wild cats, c. 130 CE. The mosaic is made of thousands of small, closely set tesserae (1-2 millimiters) called "opus vermiculatum." (Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany.)

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Raddato, C. (2014, April 04). Centaur, Roman Mosaic. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2513/centaur-roman-mosaic/>
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Raddato, Carole. "Centaur, Roman Mosaic." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 04, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2513/centaur-roman-mosaic/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Centaur, Roman Mosaic." *World History Encyclopedia*, 04 Apr 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2513/centaur-roman-mosaic/>.

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