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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.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (born around 4 BCE – 65 CE) called Seneca the Younger, he became famous for his Dialogues which expressed his philosophical worldview. In the dialogue On Providence Seneca tells Lucilius about his vision of God’s action in the world. According to Seneca, the gods take care of the world and nothing is accidental. Please note that Seneca himself uses the names, God and gods, interchangeably, without making any distinctions.
A beautiful Egyptian bracelet, dated to the Ptolemaic period (4th-1st century BCE). Made of gold.
Fayum portrait showing a young man. The work is dated to the 2nd century CE and was found in Roman Egypt.
Bust of Lucilla – the daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his wife Faustina the Younger. Lucilla was born around 149 CE and the bust dates from her marriage to Lucius Verus at 17/18 in 165 CE.
Reconstruction of images of two ancient enemies: Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Made by Dvoshart; based on the available busts.
The statue of Antonia with markings of elements that were reconstructed: nose, ears and most of the bust. It is located in Florence in the Galleria degli Uffizi. Antonia was the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia and the mother of Germanicus.
Roman military diploma (diploma) of Centurion Liccai, son of a certain man named Birs from Marsunnia (currently Croatian town of Slavonski Brod), a veteran of the fleet Misena. Given in 71 CE, during the reign of Emperor Vespasian.
The amazing face of an inhabitant of Pompeii who died in 79 CE as a result of the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano.
