Make a Roman mosaic online Click on one of these colour blocks to choose a colour.     Current: Click anywhere in the mosaic on the left to colour in a square. If you make a mistake, choose white as a colour to remove it. A piece of a Roman mosaic was called a tessera. They were made of natural materials, so the range of colours was limited. If you can't think what to draw, try a Greek key pattern, a geometric pattern or a Roman maze.      Using this page including printing and saving

Real Roman mosaics were not necessarily laid in a square grid like this. Different shaped pieces were fitted in to make the more complicated pictures.
The Romans made pictures of gods. They even made pictures of ferocious dogs to 'guard' their houses! These used thousands of tesserae.

Pictures of Roman Mosaics: Roman Villa at Bignor Some Roman mosaics in Britain Replica of Woodchester Pavement Fishbourne Roman Palace

Information about Roman Mosaics: How mosaics were designed and built About the Lopen Roman Mosaic Spanish Make a Maze based on a real maze Another 'make a maze' webpage (only works in IE) A co-operative mosaic!

Information about the Romans: Roman gods and other Roman information, for children Romans in Britain Links to websites about the Romans

• Geometric Patterns from Roman Mosaics and how to draw them by Robert Field - buy UK or USA
• Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World by Katherine M. D. Dunbabin - buy UK or USA

© Jo Edkins 2004