Popeye may have used spinach, but Romans believed garlic made soldiers courageous.

Boys were not allowed to marry until they were 15 years old. At this time, they were also allowed to vote and get a job.

The first Romans did not use money, they used salt.

When the Romans built Hadrian's Wall, they built a ditch north of the wall and a different type of bank and ditch, called a vallum, on the south side of the wall. The Vallum was probably another part of the defences or designed to keep civilians away from the fortifications. Only a few years after building the Vallum, the Romans decided to fill most of it in.

In very early days, women were not allowed to drink wine! Their husband might kiss them on the mouth to see if they had been drinking. It sounds sweet, but if a husband believed his wife had been drinking, she could be badly beaten.

In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

Always eat your veg! Romans believed cabbage prevented drunkenness, cured paralysis, and protected against the plague.

The phrase, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye gouging." Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be disqualified was to poke someone's eye out.

Around 25% of babies in the first century AD did not survive their first year and up to half of all children would die before the age of 10.

Dogs were common and a favourite type of pet. Many kinds of birds were popular pets including pigeons, ducks, quail, and geese.

The Colosseum was named because it was built near the colossal statue of the Emperor Nero. The Circus Maximus was 12 times bigger than the Colosseum and could hold a quarter of a million people which was a quarter of all the people in Rome.