Discoveries and news in Rome

After years of excavation, archaeologists have begun restoration work on a rare Roman mosaic in Cyprus. The object is almost 2000 years old.

Reader of IMPERIUM ROMANUM has made another discovery. Below the Roman road that connected the present-day town of Ribchester and Skipton, which were once Roman centres – Bremetennacum Veteranorum and Olenacum, respectively, a Roman brooch has been discovered.

In Croatia, in the city of Poreč, on the ancient coast of Porta de Mar, a well-preserved wreck of a Roman ship was discovered, which was connected with ropes and wooden nails. According to the researchers, it was probably a small fishing vessel owned by a private person. It is dated to the 1st century CE.

Archaeologists from the University of South Florida have discovered a Roman villa and numerous artifacts in Sicily. The finds will allow scientists to better understand the economic system of the island in ancient times.

Scientists have completed research on a fragment of a lead sewer pipe in Pompeii. As it turned out, it contained toxic amounts of the element antimony.

In Rome, in 2017, there was a case of vandalism on a historic Roman monument – the Colosseum. This time the culprit was a tourist from Ecuador who decided to engrave the names of his wife and child on the wall of the amphitheatre.

The largest stadium in Anatolia (Turkey), in the city of Denizli, has been discovered for over 13 years. Scientists believe that many interesting finds will soon be discovered.

In 2003, the “Dewa Roman Experience” museum in Chester, England, was forced to reduce the stench emanating from a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman latrine.

In Vindolanda (northern England) a mouthpiece for a Roman musical instrument – cornu was discovered. The object was found in the area where the Roman officers’ building (schola) used to be located.

Recent research from Kalkriese, near Osnabrück (western Germany), suggests that this was the place where the Roman legions of Varus last resisted the Germans in the famous Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE.