Asia Minor, Carthage, Crete, Greece, Sicily, Spain, and Syria have all been credited with being the birthplace of mosaic, leading one writer to theorize that the technique was “invented, forgotten, and invented again at different times and in several places of the Mediterranean basin. ”
Mosaiigi sünnikohaks peetakse nii Hispaaniat, Kartaagot, Kreekat, Kreetat, Sitsiiliat, Süüriat kui ka Väike - Aasiat, mistõttu üks autor on avaldanud mõtet, et see kunst „leiutati, unustati ja leiutati taas paljudes paikades Vahemere piirkonnas ”.