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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.
Roman statuette depicting a gladiator of “Thraex” type. The warrior is shown wearing a typical helmet with a curved sword. The object is made of bronze and dates back to the 2nd century CE. The object was found in Dubljani (Serbia). Nowadays it can be admired at the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade.
Unique Roman gold earring. Dated to the 2nd century CE.
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.
Incredibly realistic marble bust of a man. Object dated to the 1st century BCE. The sculpture was discovered in Italy and is now in The J. Paul Getty Museum in New York.
Beautiful reconstruction of Circus Maximus by Katharina Huber. Circus Maximus was the oldest and largest Roman circus, situated between the Palatine and Aventine hills.
A fragment of a head from Gaul that must have been a fragment of the sarcophagus. The object is located in The MET Museum (New York, USA) and dates back to the end of the 2nd century CE.
An enigmatic Roman mosaic depicting the month of November, which was originally the ninth month in the Roman calendar, hence the name novem – nine. It is located in the Archaeological Museum of Sousse, Tunisia; dated to the first half of the 3rd century CE.
Palaeobotanists recreated the ancient wine that was drunk in ancient Rome two thousand years ago. For this purpose, orchards with grapes were created in Pompeii and the cultivation of plants was undertaken as the Romans had done before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.
