It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely ...
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Hadrian’s Wall parasites reveal the gross reality for Roman troops
Archaeologists have long known that life on the Roman frontier was harsh, but new microscopic evidence from Hadrian’s Wall ...
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Ancient Sewers Reveal Intestinal Parasites Sickened Roman Soldiers Near Hadrian’s Wall
Learn how parasites preserved in an ancient sewer reveal how disease spread among Roman soldiers.
An analysis of sewer drains from a Roman fort has shown that the occupants were contaminated with three types of intestinal ...
Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...
Excavations of sewer drains at a Roman fort in northern England have revealed the presence of several parasites that can ...
Roundworms are eight- to 12-inches-long and live in the intestines, They can cause abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea. The types of roundworms typically in humans include pinworms and ascariasis, but ...
The tomb and its personal artifacts are some of the first true pieces of evidence of an early Roman presence in the area. The ...
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 ...
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