We all know the story about bikini gotten it's name from Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands after an atomic bomb was exploded as a test. But did you know the first bikini known to men dated long before that?
The ancient Romans already invented a bikini-type clothing piece! Evidence of this are the ancient mosaics found in an Roman Villa called “Villa Romana del Casale”. This villa was built in the first quarter of the 4th century and located about 5 km outside the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily.
The "bikini girls" mosaics are showing women playing sports.
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