Anyways, that is all I've got time for tonight. Hope you enjoyed this little look at Roman material culture (and sometimes Imperial Roman, at that).

Note, the Roman empire did more to honor and reward the service of their soldiers than does the United State of America today. Foreigners who serve in the US army are often deported after completion of their service. Additionally, some nations, like France, allow soldiers to become citizen after a certain amount of time in uniform. France, additionally, confers immediate citizenship on any soldier wounded in the course of their duties.

This is one of the most interesting objects in the whole collection, imo. It is a military diploma. They were issued to soldiers who completed their service to the empire and conferred the right to marry and have civil rights. The original was kept in Rome and the soldier would carry around a copy which had been attested to by various prominent citizens. These diploma were often split up into sections so that children of the soldier could show that they were citizens after their parent's death.

The Romans had some very fancy and fragile glassware.

These were larger cameo type pieces that look to have been made from maybe rock crystal.

I think this is the fanciest frying pan I've ever seen.

I think these area fancy door handles.

More fancy jewelry. Wonder what the well dress man and woman about the villa looked like when dressed up for a night of dining with the Emperor of all the Romans.

Some more fancy statues.