Roman Landscapes

This Roman landscape was found in Pompeii. Roman art incorporated landscapes, while Greek art did not. This landscape shows the city as well as some local nature. This landscape is somewhat impressionistic and shows depth and perspective somewhat accurately.  This landscape shows people interacting with the stream, trees, and goats around them. I doubt that this is a depiction of a real place since the goats are in a shrub and grass less area and the pond looks more like a section of a stream that appears and disappears out of no where.  I think this fresco accurately shows how people and nature interacted in the Roman era. The people seem to be enjoying themselves, but these activities are not done purely for leisure, herding and fishing are the livelihood of many Romans.