THE ROMANS – Faces of an Empire
20. March 26 - 1. August 27
An exhibition of the VERANSTALTUNGS + KONGRESS GmbH
AVE! TOGA ALERT IN THE LOKSCHUPPEN
753 – Rome hatches from its egg. A small village on the Tiber grows into one of the greatest empires in world history: the Roman Empire. From a new perspective, the Lokschuppen tells the story of the people of antiquity – and the traces they left behind – with spectacular objects. Citizens and merchants, legionaries and farmers, children and emperors, worshippers of gods and gladiators take centre stage. They show what held the Roman Empire together at its core: the people themselves.
REAL ROMANS. NO SANDALS REQUIRED.
A lively, interactive exhibition with multimedia and analogue presentations uses narrative power and scientific depth to paint a picture of everyday life between luxury and fate, between wine, chariot races and wild boar. It shows Roman life not in black and white, but colourful, polyphonic and full of emotion. Identity arises from many things: origin, language, roles and attributions. It is not a fixed core, but a process. The faces and stories show how diverse Roman lifestyles were and how changeable what we today call ‘Roman’ is.
