Gastronomy/Food in antiquity/Pomegranate mosaic, Tarragona
One remaining pomegranate of the pattern of four from the decorative mosaic found in Tarragona, Spain.
pomegranates imitating short-lived roses
Martial 1.43.6
imitata brevis Punica grana rosas
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0506:book=1:poem=43