The nearly complete skeleton, with severed feet and a pugio on the back, leaves the cause of death and burial a "real mystery ...

the ancient city was a cultural center and a military enclav) Archaeologists found two game pieces believed to have been used by Roman soldiers more than 1,600 years ago. The discovery reinforces ...

The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...

An ancient Roman villa in northern France also had a ... 1908 — and the body was identified as a German soldier from World War I, researchers said, confirmed by the discovery of his ...

At the time of its hiding, the collection was worth almost 11 years of pay for a Roman soldier. An ancient British coin found in Bunnik before and after being cleaned. Photo from Restoration ...