Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Extremely interesting Roman mosaic showing the heads of various animals. In the corners of the squares there are small birds or twigs with an ivy leaf. The mosaic adorned the Roman estate Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily.

Roman glass vessel with two handles. Object found in Colchester (southern England); it is now at Colchester Castle. Dated to the 4th century CE.

Ancient missiles for slingshot found in a necropolis in Marsala (western Sicily). The objects were not in the tomb, but a separate pit, which, according to scientists, suggests was a form of storage.

Roman marble head of a young man from the 1st-2nd century CE. The object is located in St. Louis Art Museum (USA).

Roman mosaic depicting Medusa. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE; it is now in the National Archaeological Museum of Terragona, Spain.

Roman inscription in Latin from 39-36 BCE commemorating the construction work carried out under the office of the prophet Lucius Plinius Rufus, who, on behalf of Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey the Great, commissioned the extension of the defensive fortifications in Lilybauem (now Marsala in Sicily), due to attacks by one of the triumvirs Marcus Lepidus.

Roman mosaic showing the personification of summer. The object is dated from the 3rd-2nd century BCE; located in a museum in Seville (Spain).

Marble bust of the Roman Empress – possibly Agrippina the Younger (15-59 CE), sister of Caligula, niece and wife of Emperor Claudius, as well as mother of Nero.

Antinous, lover of Emperor Hadrian, after his death in 130 CE he was deified, and the ruler ordered numerous portraits of him to be made en masse. As a result, many sculptures showing a young 19-year-old man have survived to our times.

Roman denarii found near Hadrian’s Wall. The artifacts date back to the middle of the 2nd century CE. and are now in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle, Northern England.