Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Roman legionary ring of the XII Fulminata (“The thundering” legion).

Lararium (shrine to the household deities) in the atrium. Object found in House of Menander, Pompeii.

Skeletons found in a Roman house in Kourion, Cyprus, by David and Noelle Soren in the mid-1980s.

Roman glass made by the method of glass forming, reassuring the scene from the chariot race. On the glass, the inscription: “Va Pyramus” (Go on Pyramus).

Roman glass bowl showing a Roman marriage from the 4th century CE, with the inscription: “Honey, hope you would live long”.

Roman glass cup depicting the fight of gladiators. Dated back to 2nd century CE.

Roman altar dedicated to Hercules. Object was founded by Primigenius Iuvencianus in Rome. Iuvencianus worked (as a slave or freedman) as a book-keeper in the marble industry under role of emperor Vespasian. The relief shows Hercules lion-skin.

Roman fresco on back wall of the peristylium from the House of Venus in a Shell (built in the 1st century BCE in Pompeii). The goddess of love is depicted inside a shell, after its birth, according to the myth reported by the Greek poet Hesiod.

Glass, decorated with blue and green drops, Roman horn for drinking. An object dating back to the first half of the 4th century CE. The item was discovered in Cologne, Germany.

Roman cicada brooches. Objects dated back to 4th-5th century CE.