Pawprint in Roman tile Legionnaire and spinner Cherub riding dolphin Seahorse mosaic
Day started with a visit to Fishbourne Roman ‘Palace’, which delivered an unexpected pleasure, in that I have been reading Poseidon’s Steed: The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality, by Helen Scales, and there in one of the best-known Roman mosaics in the country was an unmistakable seahorse – albeit allowing for a little poetic licence on the part of those who laid the floor.
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