{"id":3444,"date":"2014-09-18T00:16:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T00:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2014-09-18T00:16:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T00:16:47","slug":"10-facts-about-ancient-rome-that-you-didnt-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/10-facts-about-ancient-rome-that-you-didnt-know\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Facts about Ancient Rome that You Didn’t Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saluete Omnes,<\/p>\n

I hope everyone’s week is going well. My week is going okay other than the horrible heat wave in California. So for your viewing and intellectual pleasure. I will present to you 10 Facts about Ancient Rome that will make you think, giggle, and ponder the world of antiquity.<\/p>\n

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1.The early Romans thought Christians were literally practicing cannibalism when they heard that they consumed bread and wine as symbolic representations of the body and blood of Christ.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Wikicommons, Lamre, and Shizhoa.<\/p><\/div>\n

2. The abbreviation SPQR can be found on many Roman statues, buildings, and military sta.ndards. It stands for \u201csenatus populusque romanus.<\/em>\u201d meaning \u201cThe senate and people of Rome.”<\/p>\n

3. The Romans had gods for doors (Forculus),<\/em> hinges (Cardea),<\/em> and thresholds (Limentinus).<\/em><\/p>\n

4. In response to a 73 B.C. revolt against Rome by Spartacus the gladiator, 6,000 slaves were crucified.<\/p>\n

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Crassus crucified 6,000 of Spartacus’s followers on the road between Rome and Capua. Courtesy of WikiCommons.<\/p><\/div>\n

5. Sometimes gladiator blood was recommended by Roman physicians as an aid to fertility<\/p>\n

6. Some men were advised to use hippopotamus skin to make hair grow. Men and women would remove hair with bat’s blood or hedgehog ashes, or keep hair from turning gray by coloring their hair with oil mixed with earthworm ashes<\/p>\n

7. The Romans sometimes\u00a0trained some female slaves to fight as gladiators.<\/p>\n