Note: page numbers in italics refer to images; terms in bold preceding the page numbers refer to sections of this catalogue.
- Achilles, Intro.; 2. See also Mosaic Floor with Achilles and Briseis (Antioch?, AD 100–300)
- Adonis, Syria; 38
- Aeneid (Virgil), Intro., Gaul, cat. 4; 1–2, 17, 28, 29n19. See also Mosaic Floor with Combat between Dares and Entellus (Villelaure, AD 175–200)
- ‘Ain el-Bad, cats. 9–19; 57
- Aix-en-Provence. See Aquae Sextiae
- Alexander Mosaic, Pompeii, Intro., Italy; 1, 4
- Alexandria, cat. 8; 51
- amphitheater(s)
- amphitheater themes
- in Gallic mosaics, Villelaure; 23
- in Italian mosaics, cat. 2; 13, 14
- in North African mosaics, North Africa; 33
- in Syrian mosaics, North Africa; 33
- animal images, Intro.; 2. See also hunting scenes; lions and prey, images of; Mosaic Floor with Animals (Antioch, ca. AD 400); Mosaic Floor with Orpheus and Animals (Saint-Romain-en-Gal, AD 150–200); Mosaic of a Lion Attacking an Onager (Hadrumetum, AD 150–200); Mosaic Panels with Animals (Emesa?, AD 400–600)
- in Christian church mosaics, Intro., Syria, cat. 7, cats. 9–19; 2, 39, 48, 54–55, 56–58
- in Gallic mosaics, Intro., Gaul, cat. 3; 1, 16, 19, 20
- in Italian mosaics, Intro., Italy, cat. 2; 2, 5, 13–14
- in Near Eastern and Greek art, cat. 5; 35
- in North African mosaics, Intro., North Africa, cat. 5; 2, 33, 35–36
- in Syrian mosaics, Intro., Syria, cat. 7, cat. 8, cats. 9–19; 2, 39, 47, 48, 50, 51, 54–55, 57–58
- symbolic meaning of, Syria, cat. 7, cats. 9–19; 39, 48, 58
- Antakya. See Antioch
- Antioch. See also Bath of Apolausis; Mosaic Floor with Achilles and Briseis (Antioch?, AD 100–300); Mosaic Floor with Animals (Antioch, ca. AD 400)
- Apamea, Antioch, cat. 7, cat. 8; 38, 45n7, 48n2, 52n13
- Aphrodite, Syria; 38
- Apolausis Mosaic, Antioch, Antioch, cat. 7; 44, 45, 47–48. See also Bath of Apolausis; Mosaic Floor with Animals (Antioch, ca. AD 400)
- Aquae Sextiae, Gaul, Villelaure, cat. 4; 17, 23, 27, 29n15, 29n21
- Aquileia, cat. 7; 48
- arena(s). See amphitheater(s); amphitheater themes
- Armenian Chapel, Jerusalem, cats. 9–19; 57
- Artemis, cat. 5; 36. See also Diana
- artisans and craftsmen, Intro., Italy, Gaul, North Africa; 2, 5, 16, 32
- Atrium House, Antioch, Syria; 38
- Baiae, Italy, cat. 2; 5, 11, 13
- Bararus, cat. 3; 21
- Bath of Apolausis, Antioch, cat. 7; 43–45, 43, 44, 45, 47–48. See also Mosaic Floor with Animals (Antioch, ca. AD 400)
- baths
- Bergama. See Pergamon
- black-and-white style mosaics, Intro.; 1
- in Gaul, Gaul, cat. 3; 16, 17, 17n6, 19, 19, 21
- in Italy, Italy, cat. 1; 4–5, 5n4, 7, 8, 8
- in North Africa, North Africa; 32–33
- Briseis, Intro.; 2. See also Mosaic Floor with Achilles and Briseis (Antioch?, AD 100–300)
- British Museum, London, cat. 3; 19, 20, 21
- Caesarea Maritima, cat. 8, cat. 20; 51, 52, 61
- Calendar Mosaic, House of the Months, Thysdrus, North Africa; 33
- Callisto, Intro., Gaul, Villelaure, cat. 4; 1, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29n14, 29n17
- Carthage, Italy, cat. 5; 5, 36
- Centcelles, cat. 2; 13
- Chazen Museum of Art (University of Wisconsin–Madison), cats. 9–19; 58
- Christian churches
- images of personified seasons in, cat. 20; 61
- mosaics of animal images in, Intro., Syria, cats. 9–19; 2, 39, 54–55, 56–59
- mosaics with scenes from daily life in, cat. 21; 65
- Church of Saint George, Deir al-Adas, cats. 9–19; 57
- Church of Saint George, Houad, cats. 9–19; 57, 58
- Church of Saints Lot and Procopius, Khirbet Mukhayyat, cat. 21; 65
- Church of ‘Umm Hartaine, Syria, cats. 9–19; 57
- Cirencester. See Corinium Dobunnorum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, cat. 21; 65
- Constantinople, Intro., cat. 5, Syria, cat. 8; 2, 36n7, 51
- Corinium Dobunnorum, cat. 7; 48
- Corinth, cat. 1, cat. 5; 7, 36n4
- Cynegetica (Pseudo-Oppian), cat. 2; 13, 14
- daily life, scenes from
- Dares, Intro.; 2. See also Mosaic Floor with Combat between Dares and Entellus (Villelaure, AD 175–200)
- Dar Zmela, cat. 1, North Africa; 9, 32
- De Architectura (Vitruvius), Intro.; 1
- Deir al-Adas. See Church of Saint George, Deir al-Adas
- Deir es-Sleib, cat. 20; 61
- Devnya. See Marcianopolis
- Diana, Intro., Gaul, Villelaure, cat. 4; 1, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29n14, 29n17. See also Artemis
- Diana and Callisto Mosaic, Villelaure, Intro., Gaul, Villelaure, cat. 4; 1, 17, 23–24, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29n14, 29n17
- Dionysos, cat. 1, cat. 3, cat. 5, Syria; 7, 20, 21, 35–36, 38
- El Djem. See Thysdrus
- El Kef, cat. 2, North Africa; 13, 33
- El-Maqerqesh, cat. 20; 61
- emblema, pl. emblemata, Intro., Italy, Gaul, cat. 3, North Africa, cat. 5, Syria; 2, 4, 16, 19, 33, 35–36, 38
- Emesa, Syria, cat. 8, cats. 9–19; 38, 51, 57
- Entellus, Intro.; 2. See also Mosaic Floor with Combat between Dares and Entellus (Villelaure, AD 175–200)
- Eretria, See House of the Mosaics, Eretria
- Erez, cat. 8; 51
- Felix, T. Senius, cat. 2; 14
- Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art (New York), cats. 9–19; 58
- Gadara, cat. 8; 51
- Gardens of Licinius, Rome, Italy, cat. 2; 5, 13
- Gaul, mosaics in, Gaul, cat. 3, Villelaure, cat. 4; 16–30. See also Mosaic Floor with Combat between Dares and Entellus (Villelaure, AD 175–200); Mosaic Floor with Orpheus and Animals (Saint-Romain-en-Gal, France, AD 150–200)
- geometric designs
- Getty Villa, model for design of, cat. 1; 9
- Great Baths at Thaenae, cat. 1; 9
- Great Baths at Thysdrus, North Africa; 32–33
- griffins, cat. 2, cat. 5, cat. 8; 13, 35, 36n6, 51. See also Mosaic Panel with Griffin (Emesa?, AD 400–500)
- Hadrian (Roman emperor), as hunter, cat. 2; 13
- Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, Intro., Italy, cat. 5; 2, 5, 35
- Hadrumetum, North Africa, cat. 5; 32, 34, 35–36
- Hama, cats. 9–19; 58
- Hellenistic Greek tradition
- Heloros. See Villa del Tellaro, near Heloros
- Henchir-Rougga. See Bararus
- Herakles, Gaul, Syria; 16–17, 38
- Herculaneum, cat. 7; 48n10. See also Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum
- Hippo Regius, cat. 2; 13
- Hippolytus Hall, Madaba, cat. 20; 61
- Homer, Intro., cat. 6; 2, 40, 41–42
- Homs. See Emesa
- Houad. See Church of Saint George, Houad
- House of Aion, Antioch, cat. 6; 41–42
- House of Antiope, Marcianopolis, cat. 1; 8, 9n10
- House of Briseis’s Farewell, Antioch, cat. 6; 41–42
- House of Orpheus, Vienne, cat. 3; 21
- House of the Dionysiac Procession, Thysdrus, Intro., North Africa, cat. 5; 2, 33, 36
- House of the Fabii, Pompeii, cat. 8; 51
- House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy; 4
- House of the Labyrinth, Pompeii, Italy; 4
- House of the Months, Thysdrus, North Africa; 33
- House of the Mosaics, Eretria, cat. 5; 35
- House of the Mosaics, Motya, Sicily, cat. 5; 35
- House of the Red Pavement, Antioch, cat. 1; 8
- House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii, cat. 6; 41
- Huarte, cat. 8; 51
- hunting scenes, Intro.; 2. See also Mosaic Floor with Bear Hunt (near Baiae, AD 300–400)
- in Gallic mosaics, Villelaure, cat. 4; 23, 24, 27, 28, 29n14, 29n17
- in Italian mosaics, Italy, cat. 2; 5, 13
- in North African mosaics, cat. 2, North Africa; 13, 33
- Hylas and Nymphs, cat. 3; 20, 21, 21
- Iliad (Homer), Intro., cat. 6; 2, 40, 41–42
- Italy, mosaics in, Italy, cat. 1, cat. 2; 4–14. See also Mosaic Floor with Bear Hunt (near Baiae, AD 300–400); Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa (Rome, AD 115–150)
- Jerusalem. See Armenian Chapel, Jerusalem
- Khirbet Mukhayyat. See Church of Saints Lot and Procopius, Khirbet Mukhayyat
- Kibyra, cat. 1; 9
- Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, cats. 9–19; 58
- Kisamos, cat. 1; 7
- Kissufim, cat. 20; 65
- Knossos. See Villa of Dionysos, Knossos
- Leptis Magna, cat. 8; 51
- Levant, regional style of, cat. 20; 61
- Libanius, Antioch, cat. 7; 43, 48
- Lillebonne, cat. 2, cat. 4; 14, 29n17
- lions and prey, images of. See also Mosaic of a Lion Attacking an Onager (Hadrumetum, AD 150–200)
- Lod. See Lydda
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Intro., Gaul, Villelaure; 1, 17, 23, 24
- Lucus Feroniae. See Villa of the Volusii Saturnini, Lucus Feroniae
- Lugdunum, Gaul, cat. 3; 16, 19
- Lydda, cat. 7; 48
- Lyon. See Lugdunum
- Ma‘arat an-Nu‘man Museum, cats. 9–19; 58
- Ma‘arata, cats. 9–19; 57
- Madaba. See Hippolytus Hall, Madaba
- Marcianopolis. See House of Antiope, Marcianopolis
- Marseille. See Massalia
- Massalia, Gaul; 16
- Medusa
- Megalopsychia Mosaic, Antioch, North Africa; 33
- Metamorphoses (Ovid), Gaul, cat. 4; 17, 28
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, cat. 20; 61
- Mezra‘a el-‘Ulia, cats. 9–19; 57
- Mosaic Floor with Achilles and Briseis (Antioch?, AD 100–300), Intro., Syria, cat. 6; 2, 38, 40, 41–42
- Mosaic Floor with Animals (Antioch, ca. AD 400), Syria, Antioch, cat. 7; 39, 43, 43–45, 46, 47–49
- Mosaic Floor with Bear Hunt (near Baiae, AD 300–400), Intro., Italy, cat. 2, cat. 4, North Africa; 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 11–14, 33
- Mosaic Floor with Combat between Dares and Entellus (Villelaure, AD 175–200), Intro., Gaul, cat. 3, Villelaure, cat. 4; viii, 1–2, 17, 23, 23, 26, 27–30
- Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa (Rome, AD 115–150), Intro., Italy, cat. 1, North Africa; 1, 4, 6, 7–9, 32
- Mosaic Floor with Orpheus and Animals (Saint-Romain-en-Gal, AD 150–200), Intro., Gaul, cat. 3; 1, 16, 18, 19, 19–22
- Mosaic of a Lion Attacking an Onager (Hadrumetum, AD 150–200), Intro., North Africa, cat. 5; i–ii, 2, 32, 33, 34, 35–36
- Mosaic Panels with Animals (Emesa?, AD 400–600), Intro., Syria, cats. 9–19; 2, 39, 54–55, 56–59
- Mosaic Panel with Griffin (Emesa?, AD 400–500), Intro., cat. 8; 2, 50, 51–52
- Mosaic Panel with Head of a Season (Syria?, AD 400–600), cat. 20; 60, 61–62
- Mosaic Panel with Two Male Busts (Syria?, AD 400–600), cat. 21; 64, 65
- mosaic styles and techniques, Intro.; 1. See also black-and-white style mosaics; geometric designs
- Motya. See House of the Mosaics, Motya, Sicily
- multiple decor design, Gaul, cat. 3; 16–17, 19, 20, 21, 29n22
- Musée de Vienne, cat. 3; 20
- Musei Capitolini Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Intro.; 2
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, cat. 2; 11, 11, 12, 14
- Museo Nazionale Romano—Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome, cat. 1; 8, 8
- Nemesis, cat. 8; 51
- Nile Festival Building, Sepphoris, cat. 20; 61
- Nile Mosaic, Palestrina, Italy; 4
- Nilotic Landscape Mosaic, Villelaure, Villelaure, cat. 4; 23, 24, 27, 29n7
- Nimes, cat. 3; 28
- North Africa, mosaics in, North Africa, cat. 5; 32–36. See also Mosaic of a Lion Attacking an Onager (Hadrumetum, AD 150–200)
- hunting scene mosaics in, cat. 2, North Africa; 13, 33
- influence of Italian style on, Italy, North Africa; 5, 32
- influence on Italian style, Italy, cat. 2, North Africa; 5, 11, 33
- influence on Sicilian style, North Africa; 33
- Medusa mosaics in, cat. 1; 8–9
- regional style, Intro., North Africa; 2, 32–33
- opus mixtum, cat. 1; 8
- opus sectile, cat. 1, cat. 7; 9, 47
- opus signinum, Gaul; 16
- opus tessellatum, Intro., Gaul; 1, 16
- opus vermiculatum, Italy; 5n1
- Orpheus
- Ostia, Italy; 5, 5n7
- Oudna, Italy, North Africa, cat. 5; 5, 33, 35
- Ovid, Gaul, cat. 4 17, 28
- Palazzo Imperiale, Ostia, Italy; 5
- Palestrina, See Nile Mosaic, Palestrina
- Palmyra, cat. 8; 51
- Paris (Iliad character), Syria; 38
- Pergamon, cat. 1; 8
- Petra, cat. 20; 61
- Piazza Armerina, Intro., Italy, cat. 2; 2, 5, 14
- Piraeus, cat. 1; 8
- Pompeii. See Alexander Mosaic, Pompeii; House of the Fabii, Pompeii; House of the Faun, Pompeii; House of the Labyrinth, Pompeii; House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii
- Pompeion, Athens, cat. 5; 35
- Pseudo-Oppian, cat. 2; 13, 14
- Puteoli, mosaic workshop in, cat. 2; 14
- rainbow style, Syria, cat. 7, cats. 9–19; 39, 47, 57
- Ravenna, cat. 2; 13
- Roman Mosaics across the Empire (2016 exhibition), Foreword, Villelaure; vi, 25n8
- Rome. See Gardens of Licinius, Rome; Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa (Rome, AD 115–150)
- Saint-Romain-en-Gal, Gaul, cat. 3; 16, 21, 21. See also Mosaic Floor with Orpheus and Animals (Saint-Romain-en-Gal, France, AD 150–200)
- Santa Marinella, cat. 3; 21
- seasons, personifications of, cat. 1, cat. 2, cat. 3, North Africa, cat. 20; 9n3, 13, 13, 19, 19, 20, 21, 33, 60, 61–62
- Sepphoris. See Nile Festival Building, Sepphoris
- Sessorium, Constantinople (Constantinian imperial palace), Intro.; 2
- Shahba Philippopolis, Syria; 38
- Silvanus, cat. 3; 20, 21
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, cat. 5; 36
- Soteria Mosaic, Antioch, Antioch, cat. 7; 44, 44, 47–48. See also Bath of Apolausis; Mosaic Floor with Animals (Antioch, ca. AD 400)
- Sousse. See Hadrumetum
- Symmachus, cat. 2; 13
- Syria, mosaics in, Syria, cat. 6, Antioch, cat. 7, cat. 8, cats. 9–19, cat. 20, cat. 21; 38–65. See also Bath of Apolausis; Mosaic Floor with Achilles and Briseis (Antioch?, AD 100–300); Mosaic Floor with Animals (Antioch, ca. AD 400); Mosaic Panels with Animals (Emesa?, AD 400–600); Mosaic Panel with Griffin (Emesa?, AD 400–500); Mosaic Panel with Head of a Season (Syria?, AD 400–600); Mosaic Panel with Two Male Busts (Syria?, AD 400–600)
- Telegenii, cat. 5; 35–36
- Temanaa, cats. 9–19; 57
- terrazzo, Gaul; 16
- Thaenae. See Great Baths at Thaenae
- Theseus, Italy; 4
- Thysdrus, Intro., Italy, cat. 1, cat. 3, North Africa, cat. 5; 2, 5, 9, 21, 32–33, 36. See also Great Baths at Thysdrus
- ‘Umm Hartaine. See Church of ‘Umm Hartaine, Syria
- Uthina. See Oudna
- Utica, cat. 2; 13
- venatio, pl. venationes, Intro., cat. 2, North Africa; 2, 13, 33
- Vienne, Gaul, cat. 3; 16, 19
- Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum, cat. 1; 9
- Villa del Tellaro, near Heloros, cat. 2; 14
- Villa of Dionysos, Knossos, cat. 1; 9n3
- Villa of the Laberii, Oudna, Italy, cat. 5; 5, 35
- Villa of the Volusii Saturnini, Lucus Feroniae, Italy; 4
- Villelaure. See also Mosaic Floor with Combat between Dares and Entellus (Villelaure, AD 175–200)
- excavation of, Villelaure, cat. 4; 23, 24, 24, 25, 27
- mosaics from, Villelaure; 23–25, 23, 24, 25
- significance of mosaics in, cat. 4; 28
- villa at, Villelaure; 24
- Vitruvius, Intro.; 1
- Worcester Hunt Mosaic, Antioch, North Africa; 33