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All the latest information about discoveries from the world of ancient Romans. I encourage you to let me know about any Roman news and to indicate any corrections or inaccuracies. I try to search for material everywhere, but it is natural that not everything will be noticed by me.
In south-eastern Turkey, in the city of Aydin, archaeologists unearthed valuable artefacts from a closed chamber in 2016. The finds date back over 2000 years, that is, from the period of the early Roman conquests.
The authorities of the Italian capital, Rome, want to get rid of disguised legionaries and centurions from under the Colosseum, who generate a lot of profit by taking photos with themselves. One of the “actors” can earn 400 euros a day. The greedy people make a monthly profit of 12,000 euros, demanding up to 50 euros for a photo.
In 2016, scientists conducted research to determine the origin of white marble, which is used en masse to cover Roman buildings.
In 2015, Italian archaeologists discovered a Roman shipwreck that was carrying thousands of jugs full of ancient Romans’ ketchup at that time – garum.
In 2015, Islamic State fighters blew up a 2,000-year-old monument – the Triumphal Arch in Palmyra. The building was an icon of a once-powerful and wealthy city.
The sculpture of the head of Medusa was unearthed in 2015 in the south of Turkey, in the ancient town of Antiochia ad Cragum. The city was founded around 170 BCE by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the ruler of Syria of the Seleucid dynasty.
Tourists visiting the Eternal City can admire the city from 2015, just like the ancient Romans did; and this is due to the newly rebuilt seven-story ramp leading to the Palatine Hill.
In the remains of the ancient city of Anazarbus in southern Turkey, archaeologists have discovered a gladiator’s ring. The find was in the former arena where gladiators clashed with wild beasts.
