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Archaeologists have recently discovered a colossal discovery: they found an ancient Roman mass of a grave, dating from ads in the first century, under the football field in Vienna.
Necropolis found the construction crews that work in Vienna neighborhood Since the sihone last October. The discovery was unknown to the world until the Vienna Museum published it on April 2.
129 bodies, which were probably a mixture of Roman soldiers and Germanic tribes, were found in total. Dislocated bones They were also found in place, which means as many as 150 remains of victims were found, Associate Press reported.
The discovery, dating between 80 and 130 AD, is the largest of its kind in Central Europe.
It is also the first known mass grave Roman soldiers and the German tribes in Vienna.
The construction crew found the remains of about 150 ancient fighters under the football field in Vienna. .
What made the discovery particularly unusual was the fact that all Roman soldiers were found at all, experts said.
The soldiers are usually cremated until the third century, they said.
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“In the context of Roman war works, there are no comparable findings of fighters,” said the leader of the excavation of Michael Binder, as he shared the Vienna Museum.
“There are huge battlefields in Germany where weapons were found.”
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“But finding the dead – it’s unique to the whole of Roman history.”
Many Roman soldiers have been cremated after battles – which is a recent finding of mass graves in Vienna, Austria, very unusual. (Reiner Riedler, Wien Museum by AP)
The victims were all men, and their posthumous remains were accidentally scattered around, implying that they were rejected in a hurry.
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Experts have also been able to identify the injuries of the head, pelvis and bone torso.
Experts have been able to identify several different types of wounds on the bodies. (A. Election/Novusus via AP)
“They have various different battle wounds that exclude execution. It’s a truly battlefield,” said Vienna archeologist Kristina Adler-Wölfl, as AP reported.
“There are wounds from swords, spears; wounds from dull trauma.”
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Archaeologists used carbon-14 dating to determine the age of bones while consulting themselves artifacts, who included armor and helmet protectors.
“Currently is the most likely theory that this is related to Danube campaigns Emperor Domitian “It’s 86 to 96 ad,” said Adler-Wölfl.
Artifacts, including an armored shield, were detected among the bodies. (A. OECSI / ROOM AP)
Although one victim was confirmed as Roman warrior So far, bone testing will continue, scientists said.
Archaeologists hope to paint a fuller picture of the soldier and on which each of them fought.
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Experts from the Vienna Museum shared a public presentation of details last week.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
