FfFfFfFF 58,366 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 A section of mosaic flooring from the 5th century palace of Ostrogoth king Theodoric has been discovered in Verona. The mosaic was found during installation of new gas pipes in the Montorio hamlet less than four miles from Verona’s historic town center. Remains of an enormous country villa more than five acres in surface area have been turning up in Montorio since the 19th century. As ruler of a territory stretching from the Atlantic to the Danube, Theodoric embraced the ancient imperial trappings. He donned the purple, accepted the regalia of the Western Empire from Eastern Emperor Anastasius I Dicorus and allowed all Roman citizens in the kingdom to be governed by Roman judicial law. He instituted a vast program of reconstruction of Roman cities and infrastructure, restoring ancient aqueducts, baths, churches, the Aurelian walls of Rome and the defensive walls of a myriad other cities in Italy. Sources - https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63855, https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/lux-or-lumen-dealing -with-light-in-late-antique-and-medieval-studies/, https://arkeonews.net/theodoric-the-great-villa- mosaic-found-near-verona-in-italy/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles X Charles 1,540 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 so these were not discovered when those pipes were first installed? or the workers saw it but just didn't mind? but beautiful 😍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,896 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 32 minutes ago, Charles X Charles said: so these were not discovered when those pipes were first installed? or the workers saw it but just didn't mind? but beautiful 😍 Probably, but it's possible they were still covered in dirt. Diamonds surrounded in mud still look like a rock This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,366 Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 13 hours ago, Charles X Charles said: so these were not discovered when those pipes were first installed? or the workers saw it but just didn't mind? but beautiful 😍 They probably were, but didn't announced it for some reason. PR and marketing is involved when historical discoveries are announced (not always, but many times). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabi001 2,470 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 14 hours ago, Charles X Charles said: so these were not discovered when those pipes were first installed? or the workers saw it but just didn't mind? but beautiful 😍 In many historic cities in Europe the installed pipes are more than hundred years old. People didn't pay attention to some ancient mosaics back then I'm not having fun tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles X Charles 1,540 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 On 4/23/2022 at 6:05 AM, FATCAT said: Probably, but it's possible they were still covered in dirt. Diamonds surrounded in mud still look like a rock what a privilege! a commoner like me got a response from someone in ther upper echelon of gagadaily 😍😍😍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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