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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 patrician beds (lecti cubicidares) were located in the bedroom (cubiculum), usually in niches. They were high, so as needed a stool (scamnum) to climb them. The Roman going to sleep usually put his sandals on the footstool, which then faded under the mass of the cover (the stool was so fitted that it was under the bed).
October 22 is the World Day of Stuttering People. Stuttering is a fluency disorder that occurs among children, adolescents and adults, which has already occurred in ancient Rome.
An attempt to reconstruct the image of dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla based on a bust from Munich. He was a life appointed dictator, and his rule was the time of persecution of political opponents – mainly supporters of Gaius Marius who took power in Rome, in the absence of Sulla. Sulla returned to Rome and took over the full power with the help of his army.
Roman fresco from the fullonica (dyer’s shop) of Veranius Hypsaeus in Pompeii. Object dated to I century CE; found in Pompeii. Now located in the National museum of Naples.
Romans recommended a cold drink from the mixed raw owl’s eggs, the fried intestines of the sheep, spiced with milk thistle extract and charred bread.
Roman door planks found at Vindolanda with carved numerals – possibly showing barrack room numbers.
Pregustator was a person (usually a slave) who tried to eat or drink before serving. The rulers had a whole host of such testers, afraid to be poisoned.
Footprints carved in marble. The object was found in the Roman amphitheater in Italica (province of Sevilla, Spain).
