Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome

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Mark Cartwright
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published on 11 August 2013
Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome

A section of the garden fresco from the triclinium or dining room from Livia's Villa, 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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Mark Cartwright
Mark Cartwright
Mark is a history writer based in Italy. His special interests include pottery, architecture, world mythology and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share in common. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the Publishing Director at AHE.

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Cartwright, M. (2013, August 11). Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/1380/

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Cartwright, Mark. "Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified August 11, 2013. https://www.ancient.eu/image/1380/.

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Cartwright, Mark. "Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 11 Aug 2013. Web. 19 Feb 2020.

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