From Lorium, near Rome.
Differently coloured natural stones, 3rd century AD.
Altes Museum, Berlin
Further 32 parts of the floor mosaic with theatrical scenes are preserved. The actors wear masks and raised platform shoes (kothurnu). Korthurni were part of the costume of actors in a tragedy. In Roman times the soles becomes so raised that the shoes resembled stilts.
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