How is this pattern from Pompeii also in Cappella Sansevero?

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These are meander patterns that had many variations and were very common in classical Greek and Roman art. The Romans took them from the Greeks and made their own variations, and in turn they were used by neo-classical architects and artists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

There is an interesting article on how they work here

I believe (I'll try to find a reference) that Roman builders and painters would use pattern books for this sort of thing

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