MEMENTO MORI
National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Roman mosaic depicting the Wheel of Fortune which — as it turns — can make the rich (symbolized by the purple cloth on the left) poor and the poor (symbolized by the goatskin on the right) rich. Certainly, both states are very precarious, with death never far and life hanging by a thread: when it breaks, the soul (symbolized by the butterfly) flies off. And thus are all made equal.
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