#ulpia oescus

Roman floor mosaic

* late 2nd century CE

* Ulpia Oescus, Bulgaria

* In the centre is a scene of Menander's The Achaeans. The comedy was unknown prior to the mosaic's discovery in 1948.

* Pleven Regional Historical Museum

Attribution:

Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More info on Ulpia Oescus:

The exceedingly rare head of a statue that has recently been discovered Bulgaria is believed to be that of the Roman Emperor Aurelian. The head was recovered in what was once the ancient Roman colony of Ulpia Oescus, which at the time of the statue’s sculpting was a highly powerful and influential Roman city.

As Archaeology in Bulgaria has reported, lead archaeologist Assoc. Prof. Gergana Kabakchieva, who works with the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia, noted that the statue head of Aurelian is a very rare find indeed, especially as the vast majority of statues discovered today are not found with their heads still attached.