The Roman military ‘draco’ standard was carried by a ‘draconarius’. The Draconarius Tombstone from Chester (Roman Deva) shows a Sarmatian standard bearer, fighting far from home with the Roman legions.

Grosvenor Museum, Chester. 📷 by me

grosvenormuseum.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/collections/...

Below the red-figure decoration on the neck of the drinking cup, the main body of the vessel is in the shape of an owl! 🦉

Museum record: collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...

In the basket on the right already cut tesserae can be seen. Tesserae were not only made of stone, but also of other materials such as glass or pottery.

📷relief: Dan Diffendale via Flickr flickr.com/photos/dandi...