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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.
It is said that donuts were already loved by the ancient Romans, who spent the last days of the carnival partying and eating (the so-called Bacchanalia). In this way, the departure of winter and the arrival of spring were celebrated.
One of the greatest Roman emperors, Trajan, owed his military and administrative success not only to his skills but also to the people, who advised him. One of the important figures in his life was certainly Lucius Licinius Sura, comrade-in-arms, faithful friend, and trusted member of consilium – the emperor’s advisory council.
Roman inscriptions allow us to get to know many heroes of the Roman games. One of them was a certain Marcus Aurelius Mollicius, a Rome-born coachman who lived just 20 years.
In 55 BCE Cato the Younger – leader of the optimates and advocate of the return to republican virtues – has decided to run for the position of praetor. In this way, he hoped to become a consul in the future and to counteract the triumvirs.
Cataract of the eyes, a disease leading to blindness, was treated in ancient Rome. In 29 CE in De Medicinae, in the work of the Roman encyclopedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus, you can find a way to treat this disease. We also have evidence of numerous operations on the eyeball under the Romans.
In ancient Rome, the she-wolf ( magnifying glass ) was synonymous with the harlot. Hence the origin of lupanar – a synonym for a brothel. The term is also derived from the legend of Romulus and Remus.
The Roman social and moral “miracle” was that foreign influences were assimilated without losing their cultural identity. The visualization shows a reconstructed appearance of one of York’s inhabitants from the 4th century CE. The city was multicultural and the exemplary woman had black and white ancestors, which was certainly common during the Empire.
It is assumed that by the end of the 1st century BCE, nearly 90% of the free population of Italy had ancestors of slave origin.
