Magerius Mosaic

[1] The mosaic presumably decorated a country villa belonging to a man named Magerius.

The mosaic presents a very rare evidence of the actual sums paid for animals used in the amphitheatre spectacles.

[1] Two of the three other figures on the mosaic are presumably deities, despite the adjacent Latin inscription Mageri.

[1] A figure striding forward on the left is usually identified as the goddess Diana.

[1] Another figure, with a saucer-shaped object in his right hand, and a staff in his left, is usually identified as Bacchus or Liber Pater.