they used a dagger to put in mosaics
Rich Romans decorated the floors of their main rooms with mosaics.
The ancient walls of Greek period constructed of granite, mud bricks and wood. The walls were built for utility not for beauty. The heights and thickness of ancient Greek walls varied and were often based on the size and population of the city-state. As ancient times progressed Greek walls were of little help against such enemies as Alexander the Great or ancient Rome.
The Hypocaust is what the Romans called their method of making the walls and floors hot so that you would of had to wear sandals. Only few people got to go into that place because the rich people wouldn't go in so the slaves did it by making sure that the furnace's fire wouldn't go out.
I think you mean to ask what were the typical battered walls of ancient Egyptian architecture? That sound right? I think you'll need to clarify first but if I'm right you're looking for the term 'pylon' (such as the sloping walls at the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple)
The Romans, like everyone else in those days, built walls and fortifications around their towns.
Mosaics (apex)
Mosaics (apex)
Rich Romans decorated the floors of their main rooms with mosaics.
Mosaics (apex)
They are used to decorate walls, floors, and ceilings.
They are used to decorate walls, floors, and ceilings.
Wealth Romans of ancient times had their homes decorated with ceramic tiles on the floors and sometimes on the walls. Mosaic in geometric patterns as well as in pictorial form where the most common usage of ceramic tile. There were also wall paintings that were a forerunner of fresco paintings, as well as wall niches with statuary and decorative pottery,
They painted the walls with bright colors and with scenes of gods, people, and animals. They also did mosaic floors with animals, people, and patterns. I visited a ancient villa in Sicily and every floor was a mosaic of lions and tigers and the gym even showed girls in bikinis. In Pompeii the walls of the villas are still showing the art and colors that were there in 79 AD.
The medieval stonemasons built large structures like Gothic cathedrals, churches, castles, etc. out of stone. Modern stonemasons build stone walls and decorate the outside of floors, walls, etc. with stone.
A fresco is created by painting colored pigments (oil, traditionally) into wet plaster.
A pyramid has many hieroglyphics written on its walls, to decorate them and tell a story.
I think that using a nautical theme would be easiest to decorate the walls with. This is because the nautical theme for the bathroom is usually easy to find.