| A lively Roman fresco depicting Hercules discovering his son Telephus.

Found in Herculaneum, Telephus is suckled by a deer as Arkadia, Pan and a winged Virgo watch on.

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- House of the Deer (IV, 21)

This fresco consists of three One portrays a peach branch; on another the upper step there is a large plate of matte glass, lowboard, with figs and dates. As well as other fruits.

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Seriously, though, it's just that most Roman paintings happened to survive from Roman Egypt, but plenty of it also survives from Roman Italy and Roman Greece. For instance, tons of portraits from Pompeii, Herculaneum, Boscoreale, and other sites like the ones seen here:

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For there is an issue with ancient Greek because nobody knows whether "strouthos" mean a sparrow or small ostrich-type bird. So here are two exquisite bits of fresco from Oplontis, the sister town of Pompeii and Herculaneum, instead.

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Demeter Peplophoros ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ ΠΕΠΛΟΦΟΡΟΣ (peplos-long garment, phoros-to wear) Discovered 1997 in ancient city of Herculaneum, near Campania, Italy. Dated 1st CE BC. Greek goddess of agriculture. Aniquarium of Boscoreale, Naples.

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You don't see a diversity of skin tones in the statues above? Even Septimius Severus (a half-Punic man) looks reasonably dark toned here. They resemble more or less the general look of Italic Romans in their own frescoes from Pompeii and Herculaneum, even average modern Italians.

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Isis Ritual Ceremony - Roman from Italy.

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The cupids decorating a tripod.
Fresco of the 4th style. (Herculaneum, Insula V, 17—18)

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The traditional date that started to erupt, destroying the cities of & is 24th-25th Aug 79 AD. This is due to a letter written by Pliny The Younger. It is now believed the disaster occurred in the autumn, as many braziers have been found in homes.

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The eye of a marble statue from Herculaneum, with surviving paint. Roman before 79 AD.

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