Z12.18 DIONYSUS & THE INDIANS

Museum Collection | National Roman Museum, Rome |
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Catalogue No. | - |
Type | Mosaic |
Context | - |
Date | - |
Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
The god Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) battles an Indian warrior during his campaign against the Indians. He is accompanied by a Maenad and the elderly satyr Silenus. The god is crowned with a wreath and clothed in a leopard-skin.