Four Seasons

By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide

Tunisian mosaic, from the 2nd century A.D., now at the Bardo Museum.

In this mosaic, it is easy to tell which season is which. Normally, Winter is the most seriously garbed of the four. In this case, she is also surrounded by branches of winter berry, according to The Theoi Project. Autumn is surrounded by grapes, Spring, with blossoms, and Summer, with ripened wheat. That makes the order running clockwise from the top left, Autumn, Summer, Spring, and Winter.

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