Mozaici antičke Isse [The Mosaics of Classical Issa]

The mosaics of the Issa thermae, as a uniform artistic unit preserved in the original architectural framework, are a reflection of a highly active production of mosaics, based on a strong Hellenistic tradition and the increasingly professional local production, which follows the usual repertory of Roman models of the 1st and 2nd centuries. In analyzing the geometric and figural patterns of all known mosaics from urban Issa, the conclusion is that mosaic production on the eastern Adriatic coast existed as early as the Hellenistic period.