{"id":17559,"date":"2025-04-05T08:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T08:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mass-grave-from-roman-empire-found-under-vienna-soccer-field\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T08:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T08:35:17","slug":"mass-grave-from-roman-empire-found-under-vienna-soccer-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mass-grave-from-roman-empire-found-under-vienna-soccer-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Grave From Roman Empire Found Under Vienna Soccer Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ago, experts announced this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The grave was discovered in October by a construction company doing renovations for the field in Vienna\u2019s Simmering district, a team of archaeologists and historians at the Vienna Museum said in announcing its findings. The extraordinary discovery was tied to what they called a \u201ccatastrophic\u201d military event, possibly one where Roman troops were badly defeated and fled the site quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Radiocarbon dating traced the bones to approximately A.D. 80 to 234 \u2014 a period in which more than a dozen Roman emperors ruled, including Domitian and Trajan, who clashed with ancient Germanic people in the region. An analysis of other items found in the grave, including an iron dagger, lance points, scale armor and a cheek piece of a helmet, helped confirm the time period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Near the foot of one skeleton, the archaeologists also discovered shoe nails that came from distinctive Roman military shoes called caligae.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The discovery of such skeletal remains is exceedingly rare, experts said, in part because ancient Romans almost exclusively practiced cremation until the third century A.D.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFor all of middle Europe from the first century, we don\u2019t have any unburned, uncremated human remains,\u201d said Michaela Binder, the lead anthropologist on the project. \u201cSo aside from the military aspect, it is an absolute unique chance to study the life histories of people in the first century A.D.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She added, \u201cWe have the unique opportunity to study the lives of normal Roman soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Martin Mosser, an archaeologist for the Vienna Department of Urban Archaeology who worked on the project, said that because Romans took great care with ritualized burials and cremation of bodies, the remains began to tell a story of what happened to the men buried there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe undignified nature of the burial site along with the deadly wounds found on each individual suggests a catastrophic military confrontation, possibly followed by a hasty retreat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There are historical accounts of battles between Germanic tribes and the Romans on the border of the Roman Empire at the end of the first century, and the team called the grave the first physical evidence of such fighting in the area of modern-day Vienna. The remains could represent the start of the metropolis\u2019s history, the team said \u2014 theorizing that a Roman defeat could have led to the expansion of a small military base a few miles away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt suggests a concrete reason for the buildup of Vindobona into a full-scale legionary fortress, which would take us to the founding moment of Vienna,\u201d Mr. Mosser said, referring to the military base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The evidence astonished the team. Mr. Mosser said that before this evidence surfaced, no Roman evidence had been found in this area of the city. \u201cNor could we have expected a Roman battlefield to be located in the Vienna area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The remains in the grave belonged to at least 129 people, the archaeologists found, but the total number might exceed 150 as some bones were found intermixed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">All of the dead examined so far were men, mostly between 20 and 30 years old, and many had suffered ghastly injuries, particularly to their skulls, torsos and pelvises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Experts said the wounds seemed to be from weapons like spears, daggers, swords and iron bolts from ranged weapons, such as crossbows, which suggested the dead were not executed but had perished in battle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The bodies appeared to have been buried hastily, with many found lying on their stomachs or sides with limbs intertwined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They were most likely professional Roman soldiers, according to David Potter, a professor of Greek and Roman History at the University of Michigan who was not involved in the research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think we\u2019ve got another moment reflecting a Roman defeat and a burial of troops after the fact,\u201d he said, drawing parallels to how the bodies of Roman soldiers were handled after their forces suffered a brutal <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Battle-of-the-Teutoburg-Forest\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">defeat<\/a> at the hands of Germanic warriors in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in A.D. 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou get a sense for the nature of battle from the injuries that these poor people have sustained,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cthe other side had a lot of big clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The team in Vienna said its experts were only beginning their research and that DNA analysis could provide more information about the origins and living conditions of the people buried in the grave. The museum\u2019s report also laid out plans to look more into the objects found in the grave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On a personal level, Mr. Mosser said the case struck a chord. \u201cWith so many young individuals buried so irreverently, one inevitably thinks about the horrific wars of the more recent past as well as the present,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThe unfortunate conclusion: Humans have not become any wiser.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = 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