Mosaic Aion, god of eternityGreat floor mosaic from a Roman villa in Sentinum (today Sassoferrato in Italy), ca. 200–250 CE. Aion, god of eternity, in a celestial sphere decorated with zodiacal signs, between a green and a dismantled tree (summer and winter). Before him is the mother-earth Tellus (Roman Gaia) with four children, the four seasons personified. |