Curiosities of ancient Rome (Monuments)

Roman temples in Subaytila (central Tunisia), which were devoted to the “Capitoline Triad” (Jupiter, Minerva, Juno). The objects were placed next to each other and date back to the 2nd century CE.

Verulamium was the third-largest city in Rome in Britain. For some time it was even the provincial capital. Burned during the Boudica revolts, it regained its splendour in the following years, traces of which are still being discovered today. Many public buildings have been erected in the city, including Britain’s largest theatre.

The remains of the temple of Trajan (the so-called Trajaneum) in Pergamon (western Turkey) are the only surviving Roman ruins in the city. The property is located on the Upper Acropolis. The discovery of the temple was made at the end of the 19th century.

A few kilometres from the Principality of Monaco, at the top of a 486-meter-high hill, are the imposing remains of the monument. The monument called Trophy of Augustus (Tropaem Augusti or Tropaeum Alpium) was built around 6 BCE, in honour of the victories made in campaigns between 16 and 7 BCE by Emperor Augustus over the Alpine tribes.

During the construction of an underground garage, a Roman bridge was discovered in Parma over the former Parma river bed (the city took its name from the river that flowed nearby). A ford in this place already existed in the third century BCE, as evidenced by numerous coins, from the times of the Republic, found during excavations.

In the north of Croatia, on the Vizula peninsula, there are remains of an exclusive Roman villa that was built in the 1st century CE and was inhabited until the 6th century CE. The building has been rebuilt many times over the centuries.

Roman arch in Rijeka (Croatia) is by no means a triumphal arch. It was the main entrance to the very centre of the late Roman city of Tarsatica (today’s Rijeka). Over time, the arch was surrounded by tenement houses in the Middle Ages.