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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 mosaic showing a tiger/lion with a bizarre appearance. This detail is part of a larger composition that shows little Bacchus, the god of wine and fun, sitting on a tiger and drinking wine. Object was found in the House of the Faun in Pompeii. Currently in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
A bust of Agrippa Postumus, which is believed to be in the Louvre and was created around 4 CE. Agrippa (12 BCE – 14 CE) was born Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus and was the son of Marcus Agrippa – the famous commander of Octavian Augustus – and Julia, daughter of the emperor.
Ancient sources, both the unbelievable ones like “Historia Augusta” and those more sensible (Herodian), mention the Roman emperor Maximinus Thrax as a man of enormous size. According to “Historia Augusta”, his height was 250 cm.
A high-quality Roman bronze vessel. Dated to the 1st century CE.
Roman mosaic showing Aeneas and Dido found at Low Ham Roman Villa in Somerset (south-wester England). Currently, the object is in the Museum of Somerset.
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.
Reconstruction of a fragment of a Roman relief showing a sandal (caliga) with a sock rolled up. It is located in the Vatican Museums. It is the proposed colour reconstruction from the book “Die Prätorianer – Folterknechte oder Elitetruppe”.
Fragment of a Roman glass cup with a scene of a love act. Dated to the middle of the 1st century CE.
