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In the second half of the fourth century, Christian iconography diversified, with the emergence of new narrative, cyclical and Christocentric forms. This new taste for cycles is apparent in funerary art, as is shown by some private hypogea, starting with the hypogeum of Trebius Justus on Via Latina, from the time of Constantine. The large burial chamber, within a Christian catacomb, as indicated by inscriptions and drawings in the galleries, is entirely decorated with frescoes which recall with a wealth of detail the twenty-year old Trebius Justus, nicknamed Asellus, a parvenu of the new fourth-century Roman bourgeoisie
The photo shows a mural from the hypogeum of Trebius Justus, depicting the construction of his villa. The entire decorative program of this tomb seems to have been created solely for Trebius Justus.
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