Aquaria
Painted Marine Decoration from one of a pair of rooms excavated in the vicinity of the docks on the Tiber in Rome (c. A.D. 131). Painted aquaria appeared in the vaults of bath-suites of the first century, where fish were reflected in the water of a pool and appeared to be swimming among the bathers; but the combination of such marine creatures with mythological or idyllic scenes (the rowing boat) is a trend of the second and later centuries. (Boardman, 1986)