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A Roman Gladiator and a Lion Met in Combat. Only One Walked Away.
A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...
A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
Construction crews in Vienna last year made an unprecedented discovery. They found intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire.
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The Roman Empire Loved by Elon Musk and Steve Bannon Never Existed
Whether they focus on the fall of the Roman republic in the late first century B.C. or of the Roman Empire in the late fifth century A.D. (or ahistorically mash the two into one), the same ...
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 ...
Scientists Crushed Rocks in Iceland—and May Have Solved the Fall of the Roman Empire
When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...
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A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire, likely the bodies of warriors in a battle involving Germanic tribes. On Wednesday, after ...
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Vienna Archaeologists Reveal Mass Grave of Fighters In Roman Empire-Era Battle
A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire, likely the bodies of warriors in a battle involving Germanic tribes. On Wednesday, after ...
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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 ...
Vienna archaeologists reveal mass grave of fighters in Roman Empire-era battle
VIENNA (AP) — As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave ...
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Vienna excavation reveals mass grave of warriors from Roman era
A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire, likely the bodies of warriors in a battle involving Germanic tribes. The bodies of 129 people have ...