ROME
Ten facts about...
2
Sometimes gladiator blood
was recommended by Roman
physicians as an aid to fertility.
1
Rome’s population of more than a million was not matched by any other European
city until London finally over took it in the nineteenth century.
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3
After the death of an emperor, an
eagle (symbol of the god Jupiter)
was released to bear his soul to
heaven.
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The Romans were the first civilization to use concrete and the arch with
any notable skill.