Mass grave of Roman soldiers found under Vienna sports field

Sometime between the mid-first century and early second century CE, Roman legionaries clashed with Germanic fighters near the Danube River in a furious battle. Almost two thousand years later, gruesome evidence of the bloody event has come to light. While renovating a sports field in Vienna in October of last year, construction workers discovered a mass grave. Experts from the Vienna City Archaeology Department and the archaeological service provider Novetus GmbH revealed that the human remains likely belonged to soldiers who died during a battle involving ancient Roman legionaries. The discovery and analysis is detailed in a Wien Museum statement published Wednesday. “In Vienna, one is always prepared to encounter Roman traces as soon as one opens up a pavement or opens the earth: after all, Vindobona laid the foundation stone of our city,” Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Vienna’s Executive City Councillor for Culture and Science, said in the statement. Vindobona was the ancient Roman militar ... Read full article.