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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.
An ancient carved head was found in Perth (Scotland). The object was found in 1965. The depressions visible on the head suggest that horns may have been attached here; researchers suggest that it may have been the horned deity Cernunnos, who was worshipped by people in northern Britain and Caledonia. Artefact is dated to the 2nd century CE.
The Roman social and moral “miracle” was that foreign influences were assimilated without losing their cultural identity. The visualization shows a reconstructed appearance of one of York’s inhabitants from the 4th century CE. The city was multicultural and the exemplary woman had black and white ancestors, which was certainly common during the Empire.
Damaged antique vessels that were deformed during firing and then abandoned. According to researchers, the vessels were not even used. The objects were found in an ancient landfill in Waiblingen, in southwest Germany. Dated on the 2nd/3rd century CE.
It is assumed that by the end of the 1st century BCE, nearly 90% of the free population of Italy had ancestors of slave origin.
The ancient Romans had no problems presenting the love aspects of social life in public. To this day, there are many mosaics depicting acts of love.
Roman bust of probably a 3-4-year-old girl. The object is located in The Cleveland Museum of Art in the USA; it is dated to the middle of the 3rd century CE.
As Michael Grant writes, ancient Roman sources are unclear and difficult to interpret unequivocally. Ancient rites were recorded in holiday calendars. What we have learned of this contains some material that goes back to the time of the Roman kings. Such religious events – the completion of annual religious rites – initially had the best chance of being remembered by the Romans.
Renovation of a nearly 2000-year-old Roman dagger. The entire process of refurbishment of weapons took 9 months. The object was found in 2019.
