The skeleton of a Roman-era skeleton found near Mount Vesuvius may be from the famous rescue mission led by Pliny the Elder in A.D. 79. ... to examine the remains of the soldier's armor.

Blades, Bolts, and Broken Armor: Tracing the Violence Through Roman Relics. Archaeologists recovered fragments of armor, nails from Roman military boots, scale mail, and a rusted iron dagger.

Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ago ...

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, Nov. 7, 2024. A. Slonek/Novetus / AP ...

FALL RIVER — There is nothing left of the skeleton in armor except a bit of a brass ring at the Historical Society. The bones were destroyed in the fire of 1843.

There were also several pieces of scale armor, which became customary around 100 AD, the museum said. ... “Finds of Roman skeletons from this period are therefore extremely rare,” it said.

Archaeologists found the skeletons of 19 Roman soldiers, complete with all their weapons and armor — including the scutum — in a tunnel under a fortification tower.While these soldiers may ...

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.

Almost 2,000 years ago, 19 Roman soldiers rushed into a cramped underground tunnel, prepared to defend the Roman-held Syrian city of Dura-Europos from an army of Persians digging to undermine the ...

There were also several pieces of scale armor, which became customary around 100 AD, the museum said. ... “Finds of Roman skeletons from this period are therefore extremely rare,” it said.