The grave and the dagger date back to the second or third century C.E., and the method of the burial suggests that the man may have been a soldier who faced a dishonorable death.
Tera S.L.The ancient Roman pugio was still completely intact and sheathed.
Though little is known about the man, archaeologists were able to make some guesses about why he’d been buried in such a strange way.
For one, they believe that the man in the shallow grave was a soldier, because the placement of the dagger on his back seems deliberate. This suggests that he may have been executed and given a dishonorable burial, possibly for crimes of desertion or theft.
Assuming the man was a soldier, then archaeologists have a pretty good idea of where he was stationed at the time of his death. In the second and third centuries C.E., there was only one Roman legion in Hispania called the Legio VII Gemina. It was established in 74 C.E. and mostly provided escort and security services.
However, while many questions about the Roman soldier remain — including his exact cause of death — the discovery of his grave stands as just one find that archaeologists made at the ancient fortress.
Archaeological Discoveries At Cortijo Lobato
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