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Curiosities of ancient Rome (Ancient stories)
Ancient stories are curiosities revealing lesser-known, surprising, or unusual episodes from the world of ancient Rome and antiquity. This category includes short stories about events, people, and situations that don’t always make it into classical works, yet allow for a better understanding of the realities and mentality of the era.
Breeding of muraenidae
Pliny the Elder, a Roman historian and writer, remembers that the Romans valued the taste of meat very much. In addition, even the richer Romans created their own muraenidae farms in the estate to have access to fresh fish.
Caligula was to commission construction of giant bridge in Bay of Naples
According to Suetonius, Emperor Caligula was supposedly commissioned to build a temporary bridge connecting the banks of the Bay of Naples.
