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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2,000-year-old Roman mass grave found beneath soccer field astonishes archaeologists
In a significant discovery from Ancient Rome, archaeologists have unearthed a mass grave of Roman soldiers beneath a soccer ...
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Statue of soldiers in the Roman Army
The Roman Empire was created and controlled by ... The minimum term of service for a soldier during the first century AD was twenty years. Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword ...
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Vienna Archaeologists Reveal Mass Grave of Fighters In Roman Empire-Era Battle
“Within the context of Roman acts of war ... cross-checked against known history of relics found in the grave – armor, helmet cheek protectors, the nails used in distinctive Roman military ...
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What was life like in the Roman army?
An auxiliary was a soldier who was not a Roman citizen. He was only paid a third of a legionary’s wage. Auxiliaries guarded forts and frontiers but also fought in battles, often in the front ...