DA PLACENTIA AD ARIMINUM: TECNICHE E MATERIALI DELLA PITTURA MURALE ROMANA NELLE DOMUS DELLA OCTAVA REGIO Pitture frammentarie di epoca romana da Roma e dal Lazio: nuove ricerche

The analyses of polychrome plaster from the Octava Regio of ancient Roman Italy have enabled the identification of the palette of pigments used, the pictorial techniques and the different ways of decorating painted surfaces. Despite the short distances between the towns founded along the Via Aemilia, the paintings exhibit differences relating to these important domus: the decorative motifs, pigments, intonachinos and plaster all vary. Some of the more unusual pigments may come from geological features found in the territory or from the nearby mountains.