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Tom Metcalfe

Mass grave of Roman-era soldiers discovered beneath soccer field in Vienna

An aerial view of a mass grave with many bones.

The remains of about 150 Roman soldiers have been discovered beneath a soccer field in the Austrian capital of Vienna, indicating a fierce battle against Germanic warriors happened there in the first or second century A.D.

Construction workers found the remains in a mass grave beneath a sports field in the city's southern Simmering district during renovations in October 2024.

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