Legion VI Ferrata camp discovered. Credit: Emil Aladjem / Israel Antiquities Authority. Analysis of the remains ruled out that they had been consumed as food or that they were part of the camp’s ...

Nonetheless, one of the donors who paid to decorate the ancient house of worship was a centurion serving in the adjacent Roman legionary camp. The mosaic bears Greek inscriptions, among them an ...

Nonetheless, one of the donors who paid to decorate the ancient house of worship was a centurion serving in the adjacent Roman legionary camp. The mosaic bears Greek inscriptions, among them an ...

The event attested here could therefore have been a reason for the expansion of the formerly small military base into the legionary camp Vindobona – less than seven kilometers from the site.

The legionary camp of Anreppen was built along the Lippe River in the first century a.d. and occupied briefly as Rome attempted to expand its territory further into the province of Germania.

Nonetheless, one of the donors who paid to decorate the ancient house of worship was a centurion serving in the adjacent Roman legionary camp. The mosaic bears Greek inscriptions, among them an ...