Viggen Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 The murderous reputation of one of Britain's best-known Roman towns has been raised by the discovery of a child's hastily buried skeleton under a barrack room floor. Archaeologists at Vindolanda fort near Hadrian's Wall are preparing for a repeat of a celebrated coroner's inquest in the 1930s that concluded two other corpses unearthed near the site were "victims of murder by persons unknown shortly before 367AD"... ...read the full article at the Guardian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 What with this, and the Murder House at Housesteads' vicus, there's a historical murder mystery novel/film just waiting to be written/made. The 'detective' could be the educated Greek Major Domo of a camp commandant. And the murderer? Too obvious really . . . it's the one you least suspect. What we need now is a love interest . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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