Curiosities of ancient Rome

Roman eagle, found in 2014 during excavations at Amiternum (Italy). It was made of bronze.

The statue of Hercules exhibited in the Capitoline Museums is one of the most delightful Roman statues preserved to this day.

Roman crystal ball with the Greek palindrome – the word sounding the same, read from left to right and from right to left. The object is in the collection of National Museum of Denmark.

Ruins of the Roman walls in the ancient city of Aquincum (present-day Budapest, Hungary) – the capital of the province of Pannonia Inferior.

Roman bone container, found in so-called Busugrilli tomb, Malta. The object is dated around 1st BCE – 3rd century CE.

Roman marble bas-relief depicting a sleeping Ariadne. The object dates to the 3rd-4th century CE. The object was found in the remains of the imperial palace in the Gamzigrad complex (Felix Romuliana), near Zaječar in eastern Serbia. Currently, the artefact is in the museum in Zaječar.

Relief depicting Trajan’s posthumous triumph, after a victorious campaign in the Party, in 118 CE. The object is located in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale Palestrina in the ancient Praeneste (now Palestrina, Italy).

Sculpture of Emperor Claudius from the 1st century CE. The object was found in Domus Romanus in Malta.

Roman gold ring, showing the serpent and “knot of Hercules”. The object dates to the 1st century CE.