Clothing and accessories on Zeugma mosaics and wall paintings

From prehistory to present parts of the religious beliefs of mankind's cultural heritage, clothing traditions and beautification efforts for environment observed in Zeugma mosaics and wall paintings which made II.- III. century is important in terms of showing the city's religious and cultural elements. In Roman period, Zeugma city known to be a transit point prior to the expedition of Alexander the Great; which founded by Seleucus I Nicator, reach the prosperity with the Roman domination. The deployment of troops as known as Legion-IV Scythica in to the Zeugma city has increased the importance and the economic development. Thus, the traders and craftsmens formed by the local people and Roman soldiers created a synthesis of social structure, this synthesis showed the effects of culture on artistic and cultural context. Mosaics and wall paintings processed mainly in issues of Greek mythology and cultures also the east-west effects are reflected in the clothes and accessories on figures. Although the depiction of the Roman period that the traces of the Hellenistic culture. The characteristics of the figures, clothes and accessories based on the Greek clothing, includes slightly Roman apparel culture. Apart from all, these clothes and accessories depicted in the mosaic of the city located in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean culture is a factor that has clearly been shaped through eastern influences. Key Worlds: Zeugma, mosaic, wall painting, clothing, accessories