Interesting Facebook post and picture about the Roman Bikini fetur
ed on the wall murals of the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily, Italy. The murals are dated around 4th Century CE
“Reconstruction of an ancient Roman bikini on basis of a Mosaic from Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily, Italy.
Mosaic from 4th Century CE from Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily in the “Ten Young Girls room” shows young women doing various sports exercises and receiving awards.
Girls’ outfits are confusingly similar to modern Bikinis. At the same time, myth incorrectly entrenched in school textbooks, Bikini as an invention of 20th-century collapses.”
The above statement and picture come from a post on the Archaeology Aesthetic Facebook page. A link to this post can be found below =>
Archeology Aesthetic Roman Bikini Facebook post
Other References:
Christian Gittings 