Roman engineers also designed public lavatories were convenient, but not private. Users sat on rows of seats, side by side.
the Romans invented valentines day. but called it luper calia. boys picked a girls name from a hat, and she was meant to be their girlfriend for the year!
Roman actors were almost all men. some were as popular as tv stars today, women couldn't sit near the stage, in case they tried to arrange a date with one of the stars.
some gladiators became so popular that people used to write graffiti about them on the walls of buildings around Rome.
some roman emperors were mad and dangerous. the emperor nero was said to have laughed and played music while watching a terrible fire that destroyed a large part of Rome.
roman soldiers guarding the cold northern frontiers of Britain kept warm by wearing short woolen trousers, like underpants, beneath their tunics1
from 73 BC to 71 BC a slave called spartacus led a revolt in southern Italy. he ran away to a hideout in the hills where 90,000 other slaves joined him.
our word "plumber" comes from 'plumbum' the Latin word for the lead used by Romans to make water pipes. the same word is also used for a plumb-line still in use today.
after an animal had seen sacrificed to the gods, a priest called a "haruspex" examined its liver. if it was deceased, bad luck was on the way!
the Romans often consulted a fortune-teller or a priest even before setting out on a long journey.
source. 100 facts on ancient Rome
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