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unusual facts about Ancient Romans



Anubis

Although the Greeks and Romans typically scorned Egypt's animal-headed gods as bizarre and primitive (Anubis was known to be mockingly called "Barker" by the Greeks), Anubis was sometimes associated with Sirius in the heavens, and Cerberus in Hades.

Büsbach

The Ancient Romans, supported by a small Roman road connecting Kornelimünster and Jülich, started mining in the southeast of Büsbach as traces of settlements from the first to third century proved.

Damal

is on a route across the traditional Silk Road, connecting the Caucasus from Europe to Central Asia and has changed hands many times throughout history, between Medes, Persians, Ancient Romans, Byzantines and finally the Ottoman Turks.

Gromatici

Gromatici (from Latin groma or gruma, a surveyor's pole), or agrimensores, was the name for land-surveyors amongst the ancient Romans.


see also

Cuisine of Rome

Ancient Roman cuisine, the food, drink and eating traditions of the ancient Romans