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 In Eome. 327 are among the most interesting. The former displays thorough command of foreshortening and perspective, and is thought to be a copy of some famous ancient work. Fine specimens of Roman mosaics have also been exca- vated in Africa, France, Spain and England. Those found mi iiiiiMim tmiii iimw^iiijim 1 IJ 1 1 1 1 1 1 l!l 1.1 1 1 1 1.1 1 1 1.IJ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i:iil1j;iJ:I.IJJJXLUIlillllBlllllllUIUilll lli Li ii] i n m ini Fig. 120.— The Battle of Issus. A mosaic discovered at Pompeii in the House of the Faun. {Supposed to be a copy of an old Greek Painting.) in London and elsewhere in Great Britain, though inferior in execution, are equal in beauty of composition and power of design to those of any other country. They were pro- bably executed by native Britons under Roman superintend- ence. The remains of a Roman villa with fine mosaic work were discovered in 1880 near Brading, in the Isle of Wight.