Epistolae/Letters

Name of text: Epistolae/Letters
Author of text: Seneca
Date of text: First century AD
Date of person in text: 4BC-AD65
Name of structure in text: Scipio's Villa
Type of structure in text: House
Date of structure in text
Century of structure 1:
Century of structure 2:
Country in text: Italy
Region in text:
City in text:
Specific place of mosaic in text: Ceilings
Description of mosaic in text:

… pauper sibi videtur ac sordidus … nisi vitro absconditur camera
… a person feels poor and base …unless his vaulted ceiling is covered with glass


 

Mosaic date in text:
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? No
Colour descriptions in text:
Bibliography: Epistolae 86.6
URLs:

http://www.stoics.com/seneca_epist les_book_2.html#‘LXXXVI1

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