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Centurion of the First Italic Legion Revealed in Newly Discovered Nove Necropolis Grave
On the edge of the Danube, where Rome once stationed thousands of soldiers — including those of the First Italic Legion — to guard its northern frontier, a broken slab of stone has quietly returned a forgotten name to history. Rescue excavations in the western necropolis of Nove, near modern Svishtov in Bulgaria, have identified…
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Roman Marching Camps Discovered Deep in Central Germany
Archaeologists have identified Roman marching camps deep in Central Germany, marking the northeasternmost Roman military sites ever confirmed in the region and challenging long-held assumptions about Rome’s withdrawal from Germania. The discoveries, made in Saxony-Anhalt, provide concrete archaeological evidence that Roman troops operated far beyond the Rhine frontier during the early 3rd century AD. The…