Roman mosaic in Rutland

A rare Roman mosaic depicting scenes from Homer’s Iliad has been found beneath a farmer’s field in Rutland, UK. The mosaic, which measures 11m by almost 7m, once formed the floor of a dining or entertaining room within a large villa complex occupied during the late Roman period (3rd to 4th centuries AD). In three panels, the mosaic depicts the final scenes of the Trojan War, in which the Greek hero Achilles battles and defeats the Trojan leader Hector. This is the only example of a mosaic depicting stories from The Iliad ever found in the UK, and one of just a few known in Europe (see CWA 105 for information about a parallel found at Caddeddi in Sicily). The mosaic was discove