The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

Border skirmishes continued throughout the early empire, but the barbarian threat started to erode imperial authority itself during a series of disastrous reigns in the third century. During this ...

Oecsi /Novetus, via AP) General view on the excavation ... Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the 3rd century. The pit where the bodies were deposited suggests a hasty ...