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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.
Flowers from North Africa are still growing around the Colosseum. Their seeds were probably brought to Rome thanks to lions and other exotic animals (eg. in fur), which were brought to the capital for the Games. In the nineteenth century, nearly 420 different types of plants were cataloged around the Flavian Amphitheater.
Ancient Romans as farming people wars only fought in the summer between the times of sowing and harvest, and before winter, when military maneuvers were more difficult. For the first time in the winter, Rome led the war at the beginning of the fourth century BCE, when the Romans began to siege the Etruscan city of Veii.
Roman votive offering in the form of a leg. Object dated to the 1st – 3rd century CE; made of terracotta.
Roman glass portrait of a woman. Dated back to 1st – 2nd century CE.
From the category of alternative methods of treatment. Pliny the Elder states that wounds and bruises are best treated with dried dung of wild boar taken in spring. Such a method is recommended, for example, in the case of wounds, after the coachman was pulled behind a chariot or some part of the body was crushed by the wheel.
Roman throne from late 1st century CE. This object was not intended to have a practical function but rather was created for ceremony or symbolic. Currently located in Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA.
The film shows the remarkable effectiveness of the Roman Pilum on the shield and lorica hamata.
