Quote of the Day: Skeletons of the Roman Empire Are Found Under a Vienna Soccer Field
MARTIN MOSSER, a member of the Vienna Department of Urban Archaeology who was part of a project that found rare remains of Roman soldiers traced to A.D. 80 to 234. He was saying that the horror of war ...
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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These Soldiers Died 2,000 Years Ago— The Mystery Is Just Starting
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare mass grave beneath a soccer field in Vienna, revealing the remains ofabout 150 Roman ...
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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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‘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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Wings Hauser, Actor in ‘Vice Squad’ and ‘A Soldier’s Story,’ Dies at 77
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
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Ancient Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries were at 'Armageddon' when biblical king was killed, study suggests
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Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website
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London Museum Lands a Monumental Gift of Roman Artifacts—See 3 Highlights
More than 20 feet below modern street level rests the Temple of Mithras, a cultic site built by Roman soldiers in the 3rd-century C.E. During Bloomberg’s construction in the early 2010s ...
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German Brutality and Roman Sensuality—Pictures of Soldiers in the Landscape
And some people fit into the uniforms and are soldiers, and some people don’t fit into the ... What made it so important was the violence, was the defense of the land, was the sort of anti-Roman ...