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100 Roman military horse skeletons unearthed at second-century site in Germany
During the first half of the 2nd century AD, Bad Cannstatt, near the discovery site, was a major Roman military hub in ...
Mass grave of Roman soldiers tells gruesome tale of military disaster
The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of ...
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Over 100 Horse Skeletons from a Roman Cavalry Unit from the 2nd Century A.D. Found in Stuttgart
Bad Cannstatt was, during the first half of the 2nd century A.D., one of the main Roman military settlements in the southwest of present-day Germany. The cavalry unit (known as an Ala) stationed in ...
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Mass Grave From Roman-Era Battle Discovered Beneath a Soccer Field in Vienna
Archaeologists think that as many as 150 individuals may have been hastily buried at the site, likely after a "catastrophic" military event ...
Vienna archaeologists discover skeletal remains in mass grave of fighters in Roman Empire-era battle
Experts at the Vienna Museum provided a public presentation of the mass grave this week, which had the bodies of more than 100 people.
Mass grave of over 120 Roman soldiers found under soccer field
In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in ...
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Roman mass grave discovered on Vienna outskirts reveals 150 soldiers from first-century battle
At that time, the Danube formed the northern border of the Roman Empire, placing the find in a period of military conflict. Preliminary dating placed the remains in the first or second century CE ...
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Archaeologists Just Found The First Evidence Proving That Roman Gladiators Fought Lions
Though dramatic images of ancient Roman gladiators fighting great beasts like lions and tigers have appeared in books and ...
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Mass grave of Roman soldiers tells gruesome tale of military disaster
These nails would have studded the underside of leather Roman military shoes ... This was dated to between the mid-1st century and early 2nd century AD. There were also several pieces of scale ...