Roman mosaic tells a forgotten story of the Trojan War

By Madeleine Reynolds

Published March 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT

Panel 2 of the Ketton Mosaic shows Achilles dragging the body of Hector behind his chariot, while Hector’s father Priam begs him for mercy.

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You may already be familiar with Homer’s Iliad.

And more than 2,000 years later, the ancient Greek epic is taught in classrooms across the country,

But recently discovered Roman mosaic offers another telling of the Trojan War.

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