Index

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
  • 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)
  • 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




  • daily life, scenes from
    • in Gallic mosaics, Gaul; 17, 28
    • in Syrian mosaics, cat. 21; 65
  • 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



  • 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
    • influence on Gallic mosaic style, Gaul; 16
    • influence on Italian mosaic style, Italy; 4
    • influence on North African mosaic style, Intro., cat. 5; 2, 35
    • influence on Syrian mosaic style, Syria, cat. 6; 38–39, 41, 42
  • 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)
  • 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)
    • apotropaic function of, cat. 5; 35
    • in Near Eastern and Greek art, cat. 5; 35, 36
  • 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
    • apotropaic function of, Intro., cat. 1; 1, 7
    • in Greek mythology, cat. 1; 7
    • mosaics depicting, cat. 1; 7, 8, 8–9. See also Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa (Rome, AD 115–150); Mosaic with Head of Medusa (Rome, AD 115–150)
    • in North African mosaics, cat. 1, North Africa; 8–9, 32
  • 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




  • 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)



  • ‘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)
  • Vitruvius, Intro.; 1