Beautiful Roman multicolored glass vessel
Beautiful Roman multicolored glass vessel. The object is dated to the 1st century BCE.
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Curiosities of ancient Rome
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.
Romans knew rice
Rice was known in ancient times. Ancient Rome imported rice (Oryza sativa) from India, as a luxury product added to dishes or used as a medicine. Mentions of it can be found in texts by authors such as Pliny the Elder, who described rice as a valuable and rare ingredient used for medicinal purposes.
35-meter-long wreck of Roman ship
A 35-meter-long wreck of a Roman ship. As it turns out, it was a transport unit that carried 6,000 amphoras. The property was discovered in 2019 off the coast of the Greek island of Kefalonia. This is one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean Sea.
Octavian Augustus not so good
Although Emperor Octavian Augustus appears to be a descendant of the first and one of the greatest emperors of the Roman Empire, it should be remembered that he gained power by force.
Cataracts in eyes of Romans
Cataract of the eyes, a disease leading to blindness, was treated in ancient Rome. In 29 CE in De Medicinae, in the work of the Roman encyclopedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus, you can find a way to treat this disease. We also have evidence of numerous operations on the eyeball under the Romans.
She-wolf was synonymous with harlot
In ancient Rome, the she-wolf ( magnifying glass ) was synonymous with the harlot. Hence the origin of lupanar – a synonym for a brothel. The term is also derived from the legend of Romulus and Remus.
Etruscan scuplture of head
A preserved Etruscan wooden head sculpture was located on a funeral urn. There are still slight traces of the original gilding around the mouth. The head was found in Chiusi, in central Italy. The object is dated to the 7th century BCE and is now located in the Archaeological Museum of Milan.
