Researchers have recently analyzed 5,436 bones that came from roughly 140 dogs that were sacrificed and buried in an English quarry during the Roman era. Found at the Nescot archaeological site in ...

Dead puppies, potential human sacrifices, and a painted dog penis bone—what was going on in Roman-era Britain?

Archaeologists found over 100 horse skeletons in Stuttgart, Germany. The skeletons date back to the second century A.D. and may have belonged to a Roman cavalry unit.

Roman worship was divided into the public and the private. ... a worshipper might make offerings of food or wine, or would carry out a ritual sacrifice of an animal before eating it.