Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer – hence its name “Praying Boy”. The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

Roman bust of an aristocratic man from Asia Minor. Object is dated back to 3rd cenury CE; located in Cleveland Museum of Art in USA.

Pair of richly decorated Roman greaves. Worn probably by gladiators. Dated to the 1st century CE.

Skeleton of a Roman soldier. Next to the remains there is an iron sword and a dagger, a belt and a leather sporran (bag). Herculaneum.

Roman mosaic showing god Bacchus sitting on the back of a leopard. Object is dated back to 3rd-4th century CE and is located in the remains of imperial palace at Felix Romuliana (current Gamzigrad, eastern Serbia).

Roman gold-plated, bronze mirror. The goddess Diana is shown there after bathing. Item is dated to the 2nd century CE.

Fragment of the Roman tent, still packed, excavated in the area of Vindolanda – a Roman camp in the north of Britain.

A Roman lamp depicting a Gallic deity of Cucullatus (from cucullus – a hooded cloak) with a phallus. Object found in southern Burgundy (France) and dated to the 1st-3rd century CE.

Made of gold and carneol Greek-Roman ring from the turn of the 1st century BCE and first century CE.

Roman figurine of boar, made of amber. Object dated to the 1st-2nd century CE.