Hoplomachus’ statuette Bronze statuette showing hoplomachus – a type of Roman gladiator. The object dates to the 2nd century CE.Read more 8 May 2020
Tombstone of centurion Titus Cominius Severus The tombstone of the Roman centurion Titus Comenius Severus from the 1st century CE. The object was found in ancient Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica, in northern Serbia).Read more 7 May 2020
Roman gold jewellery found in Serbia Roman gold jewellery. Treasures, dated to the 2nd – 5th century CE, were found in northern Serbia.Read more 7 May 2020
Roman mosaic showing gladiators’ struggle Roman mosaic showing the gladiators’ struggle, fighting with whip and club. The object was discovered in a Roman villa in Nennig (southwest Germany). An artefact is dated to the middle of the third century CE.Read more 6 May 2020
Beautifully preserved Roman sculpture of eagle Beautiful Roman marble sculpture depicting an eagle. The object is located on the altar and dates to the 1st century CE. The object was found by Horatio Walpole in the remains of the baths of Caracalla in 1742. It is probably the best-preserved sculpture of an eagle, next to the “apotheosis of Claudius”. The facility is located at Strawberry Hill House in London.Read more 6 May 2020
Roman slave collar Roman collar for a slave. The inscription reads: “I have run away; hold me. When you have brought me back to my master Zoninus, you will receive a gold coin (solidus)”.Read more 6 May 2020
How could you recognize slave in ancient Rome? With the expansion of the Roman republic in the second and first century BCE intensified slavery. Some sources say that in the first century BCE in Italy alone there were 2-3 million slaves, which constituted 35-40% of the population on the Apennine peninsula.Read more 6 May 2020
Roman gold snake-shaped bracelet Roman gold snake-shaped bracelet. Dated to 1st BCE – 1st century CE. It was sold for 16,250 dollars when its value was estimated at 3000-5000 dollars.Read more 6 May 2020
Roman dating and counting of days As it turns out, the Roman way of counting and determining specific days in a month was different from what we use now. Ancient Romans used the following terms: calends, nones, ides.Read more 5 May 2020
Bronze statuette showing comic actor Bronze statuette showing a comic actor. Dated to the 1st century CE. The object was found in the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum.Read more 5 May 2020
