#constantius — Public Fediverse posts
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For this #MosaicMonday, I though I would share my favourite #mosaic. It’s from #Brading #Roman Villa on the #IsleOfWight. It’s of a Cock-headed man and I think he’s absolutely amazing.
It’s thought that the figure lampoons a gladiator (or venator) called "Gallus" since the name means "cockerel" in Latin. It has even been suggested that the figure lampoons the emperor of the #Eastern #RomanEmpire #Constantius #Gallus (ruled 351–354)
There is a bit of #Folklore that said the Cockerel Man is an image of a local god from the Isle of Wight; there is of course no evidence for this, just a bit of a fun, tall-tale.