Roman Facts

The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!

Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.

In 2012, a British man named Wesley Carrington used a metal detector for the first time and found £100,000 worth of Roman gold within 20 minutes.

Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.