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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 ...
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A Mass Grave with Remains of 150 Roman Legionaries in Vienna Is First Direct Evidence of Combat on Danube Limes
whose sheath, though deteriorated, retains silver filigree inlays that place it between the mid-1st and early 2nd century AD. Christoph Öllerer, deputy director of Stadtarchäologie, confirmed that ...
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‘A Catastrophic Event’: A Mass Grave Of Ancient Roman Legionaries Was Just Unearthed Beneath A Soccer Field In Austria
During construction work at a sports facility in Vienna, excavators unearthed dozens of intact skeletons piled atop one ...
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Archaeologists Discover a Mass Grave of 150 Roman Legionaries Beneath Vienna’s Sports Field—Gruesome Battle Evidence Revealed
A routine renovation project in Vienna has led to an extraordinary discovery beneath a sports field. Archaeologists uncovered ...
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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" ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Vatican displays ‘The Spear of Destiny’ during Lent at St. Peter's Basilica
The Spear of Longinus holds a special place in Christian lore. Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.