Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Roman bas-relief showing a figure that is not entirely visible. Perhaps it is the figure of a warrior drawing an arrow. The object was found in the 19th century in the grounds of Sudeley Castle in central England.

Roman fresco from the 1st century CE. The painting shows Psyche with flowers. Located in Casa dei Vettii in Pompeii.

Roman statue – made of bronze – showing the dancing Faun. The object is located in the middle of the impluvium (rainwater pool) in the House of the Faun (Pompeii). Artifact dated to the 2nd century BCE.

Roman tombstone of a woman named Septimia Stratonice, who was shown in the process of work. As we read on the inscription, she was a liberated slave and shoemaker in Ostia. The object is dated to the end of the 1st century CE.

Roman mosaic floor with a large representation of the swastika. The object is located in one of the houses on Via dell’Abbondanza in Pompeii.

Roman brick from Caerwent (Wales) with visible inscriptions. Perhaps someone learned to write, in wet clay before burning, its name – Bellicianus.

Fragments of Roman pottery found in the area of ​​modern Colchester (East England) and the Roman city of Camulodunum. The artifacts are blackened from fire and heat, and have been found in a thick layer of burnt earth that has been preserved for nearly two thousand years.

Roman fresco from Pompeii shows a woman offering an offering on the altar in front of the temple. The object is in Casa dei Pigmei, IX, 5, 9. Dated to the 1st century CE.

Small bronze statue depicting Nero in armor. It is located in a museum in Venice.

Roman bas-relief depicting the god Mercury. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE. The sculpture shows the deity with a cap with wings on his head and a rooster at his side.