Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Tiger on a Roman mosaic from the House of Dionysus in Nea Paphos, Cyprus. The animal is part of a larger hunting composition. Object dated at the turn of the 2nd / 3rd century CE.

A marble bust showing the Roman emperor Philip the Arab – reigning in the years 244-249 CE.

Company 4iG has made a computer reconstruction of a Roman floor mosaic from a luxurious Roman villa in Nagyharsány, Hungary. The visualization was made in cooperation with the conservators of the Hungarian National Museum.

A detail of a beautiful Roman mosaic showing the buildings at Hippo Regius in Algeria. The object is dated to the 2nd century CE. We can see beautiful porticos, columns, bars or even a quadriga crowning the monument.

Roman mosaic showing a large number of different species of fish and marine animals. Object dated to the 3rd century CE; the artifact adorned the villa la Pineda in Vila-seca, in eastern Spain.

In 1863, during the excavations, the Villa Livia was discovered – archaeologists saw chambers full of unusual frescoes. Particularly noteworthy is the room with frescoes depicting a fabulous Mediterranean garden – and really, dear reader, when looking at the paintings, we get the impression that we are in a real garden, full of flowers, palm trees, pine trees and orange and lemon trees (it makes you want to reach out and pick this fruit).

Bust showing a Roman, probably from the beginning of the 2nd century CE – the reign of Emperor Caracalla. This is indicated by the hairstyle and beard. The artifact is in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (USA).

The preserved globe-shaped sculpture that crowned the obelisk is now in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. There are traces of gilding; the object is dated to the 1st century CE.

Bust of Julia Maesa, sister Julia Domna (wife of Emperor Septimius Severus) and grandmother of Elagabalus and Alexander Severus.

A beautiful mosaic floor showing mythical sea creatures and characters from Greek mythology; the work adorned the frigidarium in the baths of the Roman luxury estate Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily.