ANCIENT ROMAN MOSAIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF SEALIFE DISCOVERED IN ENGLAND

Numerous artefacts from Roman Britain continue to surface in the island's soil. Archaeologists continue to uncover new information about the formerly prosperous colonies of the Roman Empire, including statue heads and Roman roads. Once known as Viriconium, the city of Wroxeter is a significant example of Roman Britain. While examining the site of an old civic temple, archaeologists recently came upon a unique mosaic that showed charming marine life swimming across the old floor.

Founded in the year 90 CE, Wroxeter was a Roman city that expanded to become a bustling metropolis with more than 200 houses, a marketplace, a bathhouse, and civic structures like a hall and temple. With the largest remaining freestanding Roman wall in the nation, it was the fourth-largest city in Roman Britain. Above ground, the bathhouse's ruins are still visible. Much of the remaining portion of the city is still undocumented and lies buried.

The archaeologists, who included student trainees, excavated trenches in an attempt to locate the site of the former Civic Temple. On the main thoroughfare of the city, they came across a sizable structure and what appeared to be a mausoleum dedicated to a well-known and dearly deceased citizen.

Additionally, a striking mosaic that had been buried for 2,000 years was found. Most likely, the mosaic was made in the second century CE. Fish and dolphins frolic across the floor, a unique depiction of sea life made from red, white, yellow, and blue tesserae.