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The floors of the frigidarium, of the cold bath, and of the south portico were of mosaic. Because the pictures in the frigidarium and the vestibule were oriented to be seen by a spectator looking northward, the main entrance was, in all probability, the south. In the mosaic floor of the frigidarium, was a large circle inside of which was another smaller circle. Inside this smaller circle were two squares so interlaced that on the exterior, they touched the circle at eight points and in the interior, formed an octagon. Inside this octagon was a broad circle and then a much narrower one and finally, a very narrow circle. Inside this innermost circle was the bust of a crowned female, a belled [handwritten: 547] In front of the south entrance were five panels encased in a border. The outer panels on either side were oblong lozenges. The three middle panels were almost square and contained within circular frames, pictures of birds and animals. In the middle panel was a rabbit, probably eating; in the west panel, two partridges, pecking and sumably eating. The middle panel is emphasized not only by its central position but by a broader, more striking, frame circular frame. The cold bath was in plan rectangular except for a semicircular niche at the west end. The diameter of this semicircle was the width of the bath. The floor was of mosaic. In the niche, there a design resembling an out- … continues
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