Detail - The gladiator mosaic at the #Roman villa in #Nennig, #Germany. The beginning and conclusion of the games would be announced by music, in this case a water organ (hydraulus), in which water pressure pushed the air through the bronze pipes. Pumps on each side of the hexagonal base contained hydraulic pistons, the levers that drive them visible below the cylinders. The curved horn, which is braced and supported on the shoulder of the player by a cross bar, is a cornu. The Roman mosaic in Nennig is one of the most beautiful and largest examples of Roman mosaic art of the 2nd and 3rd century. North of the Alps, this mosaic is one of the very few that remained at their original site. A local farmer discovered it in 1852 by accident. The mosaic originally formed the centre of a Roman grand villa. Seven picture fields display scenes from an amphitheatre, a colourful, yet gruel scenario. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGmXgNUFmx8/?igshid=udntwi0ti5qt
