In 9 AD, three Roman legions were ambushed and annihilated in a narrow forested pass in northern Germania. Led by the trusted yet deceived governor Varus, the Roman army walked into a devastating trap ...

Vienna Archaeologists Reveal Mass Grave of Fighters In Roman Empire-Era Battle People work on the excavation of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st century AD, in the Simmering district of ...

Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...

VIENNA (AP) — As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap o ...

That was cross-checked against known history of relics found in the grave – armor, helmet cheek protectors, the nails used in distinctive Roman military shoes known as caligae.

A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna. Share Copy Link. Copy ... helmet cheek protectors and the nails used in distinctive Roman military shoes known as caligae.

That was cross-checked against the known history of relics found in the grave — armor, helmet cheek protectors and the nails used in distinctive Roman military shoes known as caligae.

A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the first-century Roman Empire, likely the bodies of warriors in a battle involving Germanic tribes, has been unearthed in Austria ...

Mass grave for fighters in Roman Empire-era battle revealed in Vienna The victims were all male. Most were aged 20 to 30 years old and generally showed signs of good dental health.

A skull with sharp trauma found at the excavation of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st century A.D. in the Simmering district of Vienna, Austria.

People work on the excavation of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st century AD, in the Simmering district of Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (A. Slonek/Novetus via AP) ...

People work on the excavation of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st century AD, in the Simmering district of Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.