Corridor of "The Great Hunt" (36 a-c)
Files
Collection Date
12-3-2025
Model Creation Date
02/01/2022
Abstract
This long hallway mosaic depicts a scene known as the “Great Hunt”. It celebrates the apotheosis of imperial power through the capture and transport of exotic animals for games in the Roman amphitheater. This is represented across 7 scenes: they are divided into three registers: the upper band with a wild or urbanized landscape background, the central band by genre scenes with chases between animals, and the lowest band depicting the capture and transport of animals. The protagonists of the registers are three types of characters: military hunters, servants and transport workers, and officials. Other details include the personification of Mauretania, depictions of Italy as “the land between two seas”, and other regions of the globe like North Africa, Ethiopia, Carthage, Rome, and Egypt.
Extent
1 3D Model
Media Type
Models (Representations); Renderings (Drawings)
Format
Digital Only
Digitization Specifications
Method: Agisoft Metashape
Processing Software
Agisoft Metashape
Download Size
89MB
Geometry
249.2k Triangles
Materials
1
Rigged Geometries
No
Scale Transformations
No
Textures
1
UV Layers
Yes
Vertex Colors
No
Vertices
127k
Recommended Citation
USF Institute for Digital Exploration, "Corridor of "The Great Hunt" (36 a-c)" (2025). Villa del Casale Mosaics. 17.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/idex_casale/17
