Curiosities of ancient Rome

Roman bust of Hadrian, the emperor who ruled the Roman Empire in 117-138 CE. The object is located in The British Museum in London; discovered in Tivoli (Italy).

The skeleton of a soldier from Herculaneum who died in 79 CE as a result of the eruption of Vesuvius. According to researchers, the man was over 35 years old at the time of his death and was probably a soldier who served at a seaside base. He was 172 cm, so he met the minimum height requirements for recruits in the Roman army.

Preserved Roman chain mail found in the barracks of Fort Arbeia at Hadrian’s Walls in Britain (Tyne and Wear). The armor certainly belonged to a soldier of the 5th cohort of the Gauls, an auxilia unit that had been brought from present-day France.

Very well preserved Roman road Via Flaminia, discovered in Riano (central Italy). The discovery occurred when construction works were being carried out for new waterworks; the road was almost a meter underground. In ancient times, the Via Flaminia led from Rome to Ariminum (north-east).

In San Casciano (northern Italy), a fragment of a marble statue of Apollo, which was over 2 meters high, was discovered. It was a marble copy of a Greek bronze sculpture.

Sculpture showing a sow with cubs. A unique Roman work of art, made of marble, located in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen (Denmark). The artifact dates back to the 1st and 2nd centuries CE.

Roman sculpture depicting Euripides, the Greek playwright. The object dates back to the 1st-2nd century CE; it is a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.