SukritiOne Of The First Fantasy Novels
Archaeologists recently unraveled a fantasy novel dated back to 2 A.D. It was written by a Roman who lived in Syria. The novel included many imaginary ideas which were way ahead of that time. There were scenes where humans landed on the moon and found aliens. This Roman went on writing about an interplanetary war and about the discovery of North America. How could he predict things which were not going to happen in any near future? Historians still find this book intriguing.
Roman Women Beauty Secrets
Romans were a lot concerned about their looks and did all that was in their power to look young and beautiful. The women were so crazy to get glowing skin that they applied gladiators’ sweat on their faces. Well, they didn’t even care about hygiene or how it will smell. Somebody should have informed them that growing old comes with its own charm.
The Beards Of Classification
Philosophers of Ancient Rome were having various theories on humanity. They attended different schools and hence, kept different styles of beards to make it easy for everyone else to know which school they belonged to. We would love to know what were those different beard styles they used. Guess, we’ve to wait for the invention of the time machine to know it. What if someone, got a cut and had to clean shave? Were there any laws for that too? We hope not…
First Apartment Buildings
During the Roman era, apartment buildings became quite popular due to the increasing population. They were building as high as 9 stories. The upper floors were narrower and hence their rent cheaper. The ground floors were for high-class people for these were spacious.
First Newspaper
It would not be accurate to say that Romans invented newspaper. After all, there was no paper but they did have a similar kind of pattern known as Acta Diurna, ie, daily acts. Instead of paper, they inscribed the current affairs on stone or metal pieces. Then these stones were kept on display in the public areas to keep the citizens updated about what’s happening in the regime.
Postal Services
As the size of the Roman empire increased, it became difficult to transfer information from one corner to another. But as they say, “with every problem arises a solution as well.” The Romans were intelligent enough to solve this problem by developing an incredibly fast postal system.
So, it was emperor Augustus who started a new process to transfer letters and notices through horse carts and in cases of urgency with a horse and rider of course. This was the first postal service in Europe.