Villa Romana del Casale. Ambulacrum. Trapping mosaic. Detail: Bullocks pulling c
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ROMAN LATE ANTIQUE Anonymous (284 - c. 500): Animals caught in the North African provinces of Rome were transported to Carthage via ox- or bull-drawn carts called angaria. From Carthage the animals were shipped to Rome. It is believed that the mosaicists of Piazza Armerina were from North Africa.
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