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ROME Ten facts about... 2 Sometimes gladiator blood was recommended by Roman physicians as an aid to fertility. 1 Rome’s population of more than a million was not matched by any other European city until London finally over took it in the nineteenth century. 4 3 After the death of an emperor, an eagle (symbol of the god Jupiter) was released to bear his soul to heaven. 70 The Romans were the first civilization to use concrete and the arch with any notable skill.