Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

A mural from Ostia – a Roman port – showing the loading of a merchant ship named Isis Giminiana with grain. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE. Located in the Vatican Museums in Rome.

A small wooden Roman sword found at the Vindolanda camp (North of England). The object probably was a toy for the child.

Roman carved cameo (decorative stone), turquoise in color, with the bust of the winged Amor. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE.

Roman medallion, made of bronze, showing the bearded face of Oceanus (Oceanus). Object dated to the 1st-2nd century CE.

Roman cameo, made of sardonyx, depicting Emperor Claudius and his wife (probably Messalina) on a chariot drawn by snakes. It is located in the National Library of France in Paris.

Roman helmet of a secutor – a kind of gladiator who usually fought against a retiarius. The object was found in the Ludus Gladiatorius barracks in Pompeii.

Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

Roman fresco from Pompeii showing a painter making a portrait in the company of another woman.

The marble slab of the sarcophagus in which the freedman named Titus Aelius Evangelius is buried. The man was selling wool during his lifetime; on a stone he is shown surrounded by tools and objects that he used on a daily basis.

Roman golden wreath. Dated to 1st BCE – 1st century CE.