This type of mosaic is by no means new. Likely invented in the Near East, it reached Rome by the first century B.C.E. and became popular for floor and wall decoration.
فمهده هو الشرق الادنى على الارجح ،‏ وقد وصل الى روما بحلول القرن الاول قبل الميلاد حيث راج استخدامه في زخرفة الارضيات والجدران .‏