r/GlobalEmpires

Archaeologists working near the Kapersburg Roman fort in the Taunus Mountains just uncovered a stone temple dedicated to the Roman god of war, Mars.

Along with the temple's foundations, they also found a incredibly rare, finely cast bronze statuette of Victoria (the goddess of victory) and a Late Antique brooch, suggesting the site was used long after the fort itself was abandoned around 275 AD.

It’s crazy to think how much of the Roman Empire's northern frontier is still just sitting out there waiting to be found.

A metal detectorist in Germany unearthed a massive hoard of 943 Roman silver denarii. What makes this absolutely insane is the time span of the coins—they date from 148 B.C.E. all the way to 124/125 C.E.

That means this single stash contains coins minted during the Roman Republic, survived the rise of the Empire, and made it through the reigns of iconic emperors like Augustus, Nero, and Trajan, finally stopping around the time of Hadrian.

Imagine the history these specific coins saw, or who buried them outside the empire's borders. It's basically a 300-year timeline of Roman economic history sitting in one single pile.

Has anyone else been following this? The fact that a single hobbyist with a detector can still stumble across a literal lifetime of Roman wealth is wild to me.