Primus Pilus Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Archaeologists have been left mystified by the discovery of 36 decapitated bodies, it was revealed today. Experts from the York Archaeological Trust unearthed the skeletons of 49 young men and seven children at a Roman cemetery they discovered in The Mount area of the city. But they were stunned to find that most of the men had had their heads chopped off, while another was bound with iron shackles.... Full article @ The Scotsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbow Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 Vampires. Definitely ancient vampires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Sounds like executions to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbow Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Wow - you mean they had a Van Helsingus? Top banana. He was originally Roman in the film wasn't he? Now I get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fafnir Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Wow - you mean they had a Van Helsingus? Top banana. He was originally Roman in the film wasn't he? Now I get it ROFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Valerius Maximus Corvus Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 This is similar to what happened to the uncontrollable prisoners of the first Punic war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanicus Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 It's interesting that the article mentions that Romans had no tradition of decapitation - I know they chopped off heads to use the heads themselves as proof of death. I've also heard that Trajans soldiers are suspected of engaging in head hunting during the Dacian campaigns, as evidenced by some of the reliefs on his colunmn. But then, 49 people in a cemetary?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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