Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

scale armor and a cheek piece of a helmet, helped confirm the time period. Near the foot of one skeleton, the archaeologists also discovered shoe nails that came from distinctive Roman military ...

Experts at the Vienna Museum provided a public presentation of the mass grave this week, which had the bodies of more than 100 people.

The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of ...

Blades, Bolts, and Broken Armor: Tracing the Violence Through Roman Relics Archaeologists ... particularly in the empire’s European provinces. “Finds of Roman skeletons from this period are therefore ...

As if the injuries weren’t evidence enough, they also unearthed armor scales ... inhumations are an absolute exception. Finds of Roman skeletons from this period are therefore extremely rare ...

Every skeleton examined showed signs of injury ... That was cross-checked against the known history of relics found in the grave — armor, helmet cheek protectors and the nails used in distinctive ...

Every skeleton examined showed signs of injury ... checked against known history of relics found in the grave – armor, helmet cheek protectors, the nails used in distinctive Roman military shoes known ...

Located in the Simmering district of Vienna, the mass grave holds the intertwined remains of at least 129 individuals. The excavation team also uncovered numerous dislocated bones, suggesting the ...

Every skeleton examined showed signs ... history of relics found in the grave – armor, helmet cheek protectors, the nails used in distinctive Roman military shoes known as caligae.