This large floor tile from Brading Roman Villa, Isle of Wight, is of a type called a sesquipedalis commonly used on floors supported by tile columns with underfloor heating. The surface shown here ...

A stunning floor mosaic that once adorned an ancient Roman villa has been unearthed underwater ... In this style, instead of using many similarly sized pieces of tile to create a pattern, artists ...

The floor was raised up by stacks of tiles called pilae ... and just part of the legacy of Ancient Rome. Now Bath was named after the Romans left. But there are plenty of towns and cities in ...