# Solving an ancient cold case: Roman was brutally murdered

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-26T16:30:01+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ancient-cold-case-roman-brutally.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/solving-an-ancient-cold-case-roman-was-brutally-murdered-1b6078/

This 2,000-year-old cold case offered a wealth of information, Leiden archaeologists Carol van Driel-Murray and Mark Driessen explain. Few skeletons from the late Iron Age and early Roman era have been preserved, making this largely intact skeleton a valuable research resource. In their new book Victims of Violence from the Early Roman Fort Velsen, Van Driel-Murray and Driessen reconstruct the cau

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