Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Bronze sculpture depicting a pig. The object was found in Herculaneum and had votive connotation. The inscription “HER. VOR. M.L.” means “For Hercules, from Voesius, Freedman of Marcus“. The picture was taken at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (southern England).

An eagle made of three thousand Roman coins, which were excavated in one of the forts on the line of the Hadrian’s Wall.

Mosaic depicting the Greek historian Thucydides. The object is dated to the 3rd century CE and was found in Jerash (Jordan). You can now admire it in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

Extremely rare and well-preserved remains of the armour of Roman legionaries – lorica segmentata with the reconstructed fragment. The object dates to the 1st – 2nd century CE (probably 122-138 CE) and it is located in a museum in the Roman town Corbridge.

Roman silver goblet, dated to the 1st century CE. Object found in Jabučje, around Lazarevac, central Serbia.

A 2000-year-old model of a two-wheeled Roman chariot – biga, harnessed with two horses. The object is located in The British Museum and was discovered in the 1890s in Tiber. A charioteer and one of the horses have not survived to our times.

Roman floor mosaic depicting various species of birds. A beautiful work of art adorned a Roman villa in Italica (around Seville, Spain).

Roman lead pipes in Bath, England. Some of them are still in use. Dated to 1st – 2nd century CE.

Roman mask worn by a horseman. Discovered in Gotland, Sweden. Dated to the 2nd century CE.

Roman mosaic showing the mysterious figure of a man with the head of a rooster. The object comes from Brading Villa on the Isle of Wight in England. Scientists suspect that the character may satirically depict the emperor Constantius Gallus (reigned in 351-354 CE), whose nickname means “cock” in Latin. The mosaic is dated to the 4th century CE.