Mass Grave of Roman-Era Fighters Unearthed in Vienna Linked to 1st-Century Battle

"I've been researching the Roman history of Vienna for 25 years and thought nothing could surprise me anymore," says one researcher. "And then this came along."

Extensive Roman settlement found beyond the borders of the Roman Empire

Archaeologists excavating in Delbrück-Bentfeld, northwestern Germany, have uncovered evidence of an extensive Roman-era settlement beyond the borders of the Roman Empire. The settlement lies along the Lippe River, near the site of the Roman legionary camp at Anreppen. Built in the early 1st century AD during Rome’s expansion into Germania, the Anreppen camp was occupied for only a brief period. Ongoing excavations led by the Regional Association…

Mass Grave of 150 Roman Legionaries Discovered in Austria

Archaeologists in Austria have uncovered a rare Roman-era mass grave beneath a football field, revealing the remains of young soldiers. Credit: A. Slonek / Novetus Workers renovating a football field in Vienna’s Simmering district, Austria, uncovered a mass grave containing the remains of more than 150 people, in what archaeologists are calling an “extremely rare” Roman-era discovery. The skeletal remains, first discovered in October, have now b…

They were brutally killed, and the skeletons of 150 young Roman soldiers point to this. In one of the dead, there was a spearhead.

Mass grave for fighters in a Roman-era battle revealed in Vienna

A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the Roman Empire has been unearthed in Austria's capital Vienna.

Discovery of mass grave under football pitch changes what we know about Roman Empire

The pit of bones suggests a hasty dumping of corpses