Archaeologists recently made a colossal discovery: an ancient Roman mass grave ... "They have various different battle wounds, which rules out execution. It is truly a battlefield," Vienna ...

The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.

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

Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of a fierce battle between a Roman gladiator and a lion, rewriting our understanding of ancient combat spectacles. The discovery, made at Driffield ...

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know ...

The battle that took place thousands of years ... The finding “may thus reveal the beginning of Vienna’s urban history.” Ancient rome Archaeology Germanic warriors Researchers compared ...

The museum said that the bodies were likely soldiers who died in a battle, citing the hasty burial ... that such an in-tact mass grave from ancient Rome is extremely rare since the civilization ...

What else would one expect in a massive ancient Roman cemetery for military horses ... no signs of dying in a major event, such as a battle or an epidemic, the department’s head archaeologist ...

What else would one expect in a massive ancient Roman cemetery for military horses ... The horse skeletons showed no signs of dying in a major event, such as a battle or an epidemic, the department’s ...