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Roman Empire

 

the territorial extent of Romania under Constantine I (330 AD)
when the capital was moved to Constantinople,
later called Byzantium.

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 the Roman Mosaics

 

Roman mosaics from a rich Roman's villa (Diocletian period 286 - 305 AD)

Piazza Armerina, Sicily

Photos of these many Mosaics

 

Byzantine mosaic

More Photos of the Byzantine Mosaics at Qasr Libya

More of Qasr Mosaics and Byzantine church at Lathrun

 

Byzantine Mosaic

Roman Mosaics in the Bardo Museum, Tunis

 

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SOLI, CYPRUS

 

Volubilis, Morocco

 

Antioch, Turkey

 

Arles, France

 

Pella, Greece

 

Heraclea Lyncestis, Republic of Macedonia

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Romania

the Eastern Roman Empire

(often referred to as Byzantine)

 

the Byzantine Empire at the death (565 AD) of Justinian

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Byzantine Mosaics

Moved from a church at Jiyyeh, the ancient city of Porphyrion

to Beiteddine Palace in Lebanon by

Walid Joumblatt, the Druze leader, in an effort to preserve them.

Photos of the Mosaics

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Byzantine Mosaics on the island of Corfu

 

Photos of the Corfu Mosaics

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Byzantine Mosaics in the Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem, Palestine

 

Photos of the St Helena era 333 CE

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Byzantine Baptistery, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia

Mosaics at a Byzantine Baptistery

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Comnenian mosaics

mid-Byzantine period (1081-1185)

 

More Photos of Comnenian mosaics

 

Monreale, Sicily

More Photos of Norman Mosaics in Sicily

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Early 20th Century Mosaics

made with colored stone

 

mosaic from the Cathedral Basilica Saint Louis

More Photos from the Cathedral in St Louis, Missouri

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