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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Mass grave of Roman-era soldiers discovered beneath soccer field in Vienna
Archaeologists said the discovery of the mass grave is especially important because the Romans often cremated their dead, and ...
Mass Grave of 150 Roman Soldiers Found Under Vienna Sports Field
Sometime between the mid-first century and early second century CE, Roman legionaries clashed with Germanic fighters near the ...
A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...
Skeletons of the Roman Empire Are Found Under a Vienna Soccer Field
Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome ...
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2,000-year-old Roman mass grave found beneath soccer field astonishes archaeologists
Archaeologists in Vienna discover a mass grave of Roman soldiers dating back 2,000 years, victims of a brutal defeat against ...
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Vienna Archaeologists Reveal Mass Grave of Fighters In Roman Empire-Era Battle
“They have various different battle wounds, which rules out execution ... the nails used in distinctive Roman military shoes known as caligae. The most indicative clue came from a rusty dagger ...
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The Only Roman War Won Through an Act of Kindness
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Roman mass grave discovered on Vienna outskirts reveals 150 soldiers from first-century battle
"The mass grave in Simmering is the first physical evidence of combat actions from this time and points to the localization ...
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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 ... followed by a hasty retreat,” Adler-Wölfl added. Battle at the dawn of urban Vienna Historical records show ...
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A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
“They have various different battle wounds, which rules out execution ... helmet cheek protectors and the nails used in distinctive Roman military shoes known as caligae. The most indicative ...