proconnesium

Updated: January 10, 2026

Another species is the bianco e nero antico, the Marmor Proconnesium of antiquity, obtained from the celebrated quarries of Proconnesos, an island in the western part of the Propontis. Many of the towns of Greece were decorated with this marble.

Hugh Macmillan - Roman Mosaics: Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood