ALT A view up the Roman road that runs under the Nocera Gate at the end of the day when the light is warm and Vesuvius looms in the background in silhouette against the orange sky

ALT A view up the Roman road that runs under the Nocera Gate with the long shadows falling on vibrant green grass outside the City Walls. In the distance the lush green slopes of Vesuvius.

ALT A view up the Roman road that runs under the Nocera Gate dark, wet and glistening in the rain. Vesuvius in the background is bathed in light and a white puffy cloud rolls over its summit.

ALT A view up the Roman road that runs under the Nocera Gate first thing in the morning and a wall in the city is spotlit in morning sun while Vesuvius behind looks moody as clouds gather above its summit

ALT View from floor level along a mosaic with alternate yellow, red and green sided boxes represented in perspective with white ends

ALT Mosaic seen from above made up of representations of boxes in perspective with alternating red, green, and yellow sided boxes with white ends

ALT Conservator in high viz jacket and red hard hat patiently cleans the yellow border of the frescoed wall in front of her with a cotton bud. The background of the fresco is black and only interrupted by a depiction of a small scene of a silver laden up with a type of bread covered with dried fruit and a type of sauce; some yellow strawberry tree fruit ; some nuts, and a silver chalice of red wine.

ALT Conservator perched on a wooden plank in high viz jacket and red hard hat patiently cleans the yellow border of the frescoed wall in front of her with a cotton bud. Her tools of her trade lie around her. The background of the fresco is black and only interrupted by a depiction of a small scene of a silver laden up with a type of bread covered with dried fruit and a type of sauce; some yellow strawberry tree fruit ; some nuts, and a silver chalice of red wine. To the left the border is a striking red colour with green edges and has ovals top to tail running down it. There is a small vignette of a bull’s skull framed in golden yellow.

ALT The background of the fresco is black and only interrupted by a depiction of a small scene of a silver laden up with a type of bread covered with dried fruit and a type of sauce; some yellow strawberry tree fruit ; some nuts, and a silver chalice of red wine.

ALT A close up detail of the unfinished fresco: the black background gives way to a white border onto which at the bottom have been carelessly dripped some black paint. The yellow border ends roughly awaiting the painting of the more formal border, presumably matching the red and green one on the other side.