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The world of ancient Romans abounded in a number of amazing curiosities and information. The source of knowledge about the life of the Romans are mainly works left to us by ancient writers or discoveries. The Romans left behind a lot of strange information and facts that are sometimes hard to believe.
“Germania” was written around 98 CE by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus. It describes the history and situation of the Germanic tribes with whom Rome came into contact. “Germania” didn’t get much attention until the 15th century.
Arch of Constantine the Great on a postcard from the early 20th century and in a painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal from the 18th century. The painting is in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Colosseum is considered proof of the power and engineering genius of the ancient Romans. On the other hand, thousands of animals and people died in the arena of this monstrous building. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the amphitheatre stone was used as building blocks for other structures in the city.
Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 50 – c. 125 CE) is a Greek historian whose most famous work is the collection of lives of famous figures of the ancient world – the so-called Parallel Lives. His other speeches and contents, collected under the name of Moralia, have also survived to our times.
An amazing exhibition showing the full Roman legion, made by Mules of Marius. The exhibition was in September 2015 at the Historisches Museum Regensburg (Germany). In total, there were 5400 legionary models on the board, with 300 different poses and 200 different shield designs. The entire project was created for over five years.
In recent months, the number one topic has been coronavirus, which has spread from China to other continents at incredible speed. Interestingly, this name was already known in 2017.
Warner Bros bought the rights to create the film based on a comment by the user of the service Reddit – James Erwin – about American soldiers transferred to the times of ancient Rome. The film is supposed to tell a fictional story of the United States Expedition Unit, which was somehow transferred to the time of ancient Rome. The exact plot, however, is not known, because Warner Bros reserved production rights and announced the desire to create a film work. For this purpose, the cast is reportedly being completed.
