Early Roman Christian burial site found in Serbia

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The Serbian city of Niš (ancient Naissus) was important in Roman history. A large army of Goths led by Cniva was defeated in AD 268 or 269 by either Gallienus or Claudius II. It was also the birthplace of Constantine I.

 

A recent discovery of over 100 burial sites from the 4th and 5th century were found there. They offer interesting insights to early Christian life in that area:
 

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"What we have found here are over a hundred burial units from the 4th and 5th centuries, spread on about 500 square meters that we have opened. There we have 13 brick tombs, five regular graves, four vaulted ones, one belonging to a new type of tombs, and we also found a large number of items. These are primarily personal belongings of the deceased, small glass vessels that were used during the funeral, and jewelry

We found one burned tomb, it is definitely the grave of a pagan who, it is believed, out of protest, asked to be buried according to pagan customs. Then, a skeleton was found that has an artificially deformed skull, which is characteristic of Germanic tribes, we believe that this was a member of the Gepids who practiced this custom before accepting Christianity. This was a woman and given that she was buried here, she was probably baptized.

 

 

https://www.telegraf.rs/english/3572666-historic-discovery-in-nis-childrens-skeletons-hundreds-early-christian-graves-found-under-torn-down-house

Edited October 20, 2022 by guy