About 1,000 ancient Roman relics were discovered in the country home of a wealthy engineer who lived just outside of Rome. The relics were traced by archaeologists to one of Emperor Trajan’s first century villas.
To give you a little perspective on that, Emperor Trajan ruled from the year 98 A.D., to 117 A.D. He’s best known for his extensive public building program, which reshaped the city of Rome and left multiple enduring landmarks such as Trajan’s Forum, Trajan’s Market and Trajan’s Column. His legacy as a Roman emperor is comparable only to that of Augustus Caesar - who I’m sure you’ve heard of. Check out the map on the left to see exactly how extensive the Roman Empire became under his rule.
In fact, every new emperor after Trajan was honored by the Senate with the prayer “felicior Augusto, melior Traiano,” meaning “may he be luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan”.
The relics that were recovered were being used as decorations in the engineer’s weekend residence, and they came from the walls of Trajan’s hunting retreat in Arcinazzo Romano.
The raid that revealed the relics took place more than a year ago and just became public this March.
Just more proof that every relic founds teaches us a little bit more about history. Hope ya’ll enjoyed the lesson.
- Shaun
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