Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Bronze Roman sculpture showing a dog. Dated to 1st – 2nd century CE.

Roman terracotta toy – horse on wheels. Dated to the 4th century CE. The object is located at the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens.

Reproduction of a Roman doll. The object is located in the Museum of Zaragoza (Spain).

An image of a Roman soldier on a sarcophagus found in a crypt at the Beljnjač archaeological site in Šid, in northern Serbia. The object is dated to the 4th century CE.

Reconstruction of a Roman toy – rider on a horse. The object is located in the Ruffenhofen Archaeological Park in Bavaria (Germany).

Roman bust showing an older man – so-called patrician Torlonia. It is widely believed that the sculpture depicts the famous Cato the Elder (234-149 BCE). The object is in the collection of the Torlonia Foundation in Rome. The sculpture is dated to the 1st century CE and is a copy of a republican masterpiece from the 1st century BCE.

Golden Roman ring with the image of the goddess Minerva. Dated to the 4th century CE.

Roman legionaries on a pedestal relief in the ancient Mogontiacum (now Mainz, Germany). The legionary in the foreground was shown in a fighting position: shield in readiness, protects the body; gladius ready to push; legs apart to maintain balance and the left foot without crossing the lower edge of the shield in case the legionary had to lower it to defend himself.

Clay ex-vote showing a healed part of the body – vulva. Dated to the 2nd century BCE – II CE. These types of objects were assembled on the altars of Asclepius temples (the so-called Asclepeions)- the patron of medicine.