Mosaic of Romuliana Labyrinth

The Entrance Hall of the Felix Romuliana – vestibulum of the palace, had its entire floor area covered with a mosaic made up of two lateral and central mosaic carpets. The side carpets were made of diag- onally placed octagons, filled with a variety of patterns. Even the seemingly identical motifs varied in colour. The central mosaic carpet was slightly narrower than the side ones, but chromatically was the richest one. It consisted of a series of square and rectangular panels, of which several were composed of swastikas in different combinations and different degrees of elaboration, oriented from east to west. In the middle of this central mosaic carpet there was an almost square panel with a representation of the Labyrinth, now kept in the National Museum in Zaječar.