Publications

Mosaic

Mosaic is the journal of ASPROM, published in December each year. It contains articles about all aspects of ancient mosaics, notes on all the Roman mosaics discovered in Britain in the previous year, and reviews of new books about mosaics. Join ASPROM to receive a copy.

  Current issue and sample articles.

Prospective contributors should contact the Editor, Dr Jane Chick (editor@asprom.org), as early as possible in the year. Guidelines for authors can be downloaded here.

Back-issues are available to buy, if they are still in stock, with a reduced rate for ASPROM members. You can pay for back-issues through PayPal. For information about availability and cost, please email membership@asprom.org.

The Roman Mosaics of Britain

ASPROM has been instrumental in producing a comprehensive record of all the Roman mosaics ever found in Britain, The Roman Mosaics of Britain by David S. Neal and Stephen R. Cosh. The fifth and final volume of the Corpus was published in 2024 by the Society of Antiquaries. Read more about this monumental project.

AIEMA publications

ASPROM also contributes to the international publications produced by our parent organisation AIEMA (L'Association International pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique). AIEMA publishes a regular Bulletin containing comprehensive bibliographic listings relating to mosaics in the ancient and medieval worlds, compiled from information supplied by AIEMA members all over the world. Many members of ASPROM have also contributed to the series of international mosaic congresses organised and published by AIEMA.
 

Contents of Mosaic 52 (2025)

Editorial	Jane Chick	2
Epic tales from Roman Somerset: the deciphering and subsequent lifting of the Dido and Aeneas mosaic from Low Ham Roman Villa	Steve Minnitt, Roger H. Leech & Stephen R. Cosh, with the assistance of Jessica Holmes	3–11
The Roman mosaics lifted by the firm of W. Clarke, Llandaff	Michael Statham & Stephen R. Cosh	12–20
A lost mosaic panel from the Spoonley Wood Roman villa	Stephen R. Cosh, Michael Dawson, Valerie Hotchkiss & Bonnie Wheeler	21–25
The East Malling mosaic floor	Stephen Clifton	26–31
A new digital reconstruction of the large sixth-century mosaic pavement at Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenaica, Libya	Marie-Séraphine Forray	32–41
York's Hunger Games: images of Roman spectacles on mosaics in northern Britain	Jeremy Rossiter	42–48
What makes a mosaic Roman? The practical rules behind ancient design and craftsmanship	Lawrence Payne	49–53
Book review: S. Lenk, Roman Identity and Lived Religion: Baptismal Art in Late Antiquity	Jane Chick	54–⁠55
Book review: David S. Neal, A Mosaic of Recollections: Memoirs of an Archaeologist	Stephen R. Cosh	56

  Contents of past issues

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