Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Roman mosaic of a basket of pears. It was located in triclinium of The House of Africa. Currently in Museum of El Djem (Tunisia).

Longinus was born in Thrace. When he was 25, he joined the Roman army. He served in a Thracian cavalary, where he had the rank of duplicarius – deputy commander of a squad consisting of 32 soldiers. After the end of the service, he probably settled in the veteran colony at Camulodunum.

Tombstone of Marcus Favonius Facilis is one of the best preserved sculptural works found in Britain.

Roman fresco depicting Phrixos and Helle, dated back to I century CE. Object found in Pompeii.

Portrait of a Roman woman on the grave altar. Under the bust of a woman, there is an inscription: “To the spirits of the dead. Lucius Annius Festus, for the most saintly Cominia Tyche, his most chaste and loving wife, who lived 27 years, 11 months, and 28 days, and also for himself and for his descendants”. 

Roman fresco depicting a chariot race. Object found in Pompeii; Casa delle Quadrighe (VII 2, 25). Now located in the Naples Museum. Dated back to 1st century CE.

Roman mosaic of water birds, uncovered in Trier (Germany). Dated back to 4th century CE.

Roman comb, made of ivory, probably from the third to fourth century CE. This two-sided object probably comes from the woman’s grave. There is an inscription on the comb saying: “Modestino, goodbye” (however, there is no certainty about the last word that can be misread).

Christ along with two saints (Saint Gorgonius and Saint Tyburcio) and above the four martyrs in the fresco of Roman Christians from the 4th century CE. The work is in one of the crypts of the Catacombs of Saint Marcelin and Peter in Rome at Via Latina.

Titulus pictus was a commercial inscription made on the surface of a given artifact (such as an amphora).