News
Battle of Aquae Sextiae - great victory of Romans
7 hours agoBattle of Aquae Sextiae (southern France) in 102 BCE was one of the greatest and most important victories of the Roman legions. Rome had to defend itself against…
Read more
Old women in Rome
1 day agoRoman writers and the upper Roman classes in general, despite their privileged position, were afraid to go too far in criticizing women, as it could cost them a…
Read more
Roman bas-relief from Sudeley Castle
2 days agoRoman bas-relief showing a figure that is not entirely visible. Perhaps it is the figure of a warrior drawing an arrow. The object was found in the 19th century…
Read more
Fresco showing Psyche with flowers
2 days agoRoman fresco from the 1st century CE. The painting shows Psyche with flowers. Located in Casa dei Vettii in Pompeii. Psyche was a Greek goddess and the personification…
Read more
First dentures
3 days agoFrom about 700 BCE the Etruscans, people who lived in Etruria (today’s Umbria and Tuscany in Italy), were the first able to create dentures and artificial teeth….
Read more
Reconstruction of Hadrian's nymphaeum in Perge
4 days agoReconstruction of Hadrian’s nymphaeum in Perge, in the south of Turkey. The ancient city existed even before the Roman rule, but it was the Romans who made the…
Read more
Roman statue of Faun in impluvium
4 days agoRoman statue – made of bronze – showing the dancing Faun. The object is located in the middle of the impluvium (rainwater pool) in the House of the Faun (Pompeii)….
Read more
Roman tombstone of shoemaker
5 days agoRoman tombstone of a woman named Septimia Stratonice, who was shown in the process of work. As we read on the inscription, she was a liberated slave and shoemaker…
Read more
11
May 21
Colosseum will have new arena in 2023
The Italian government finally approved plans to create a remote-controlled, foldable deck at the Colosseum. The project was prepared by Milan Ingegneria. The new area will be located inside the building; interestingly, the original surface was removed in the 19th century to reveal underground structures.
7
May 21
Illegal treasure hunters have sneaked into Roman structures in northern England
Illegal treasure hunters entered the area of the remains of a Roman villa in the village of Eastfield (northern England) at night and destroyed it. Interestingly, the information about the discovery appeared in the media not much earlier.
