The Romans were never as resourceful with their healthcare and medical materials as others, but that is what kept them so persistent and very intriguing. Rome had an abundant supply of medical tools that they used for surgeries. When it came to medicine though, Rome fell short in supply. They turned to natural resources for medicine and sometimes even relied on gods to send them a miracle! The Romans got a lot of their medicinal properties from plants and herbs such as sage, rosemary, garlic, and fennel. Each plant helped cure specific illnesses or diseases. Garlic was fed to people each day to maintain health in the body, fennel was simply given to calm a person’s anxiety, and sage was thought to be sacred to the Romans because of its powerful