06-26-2006, 12:07 PM
Quote:I have a gut feeling however, that this is just so much "catholic wishful thinking" that these are "martyred" Christians from the persecutions of Nero, and that the bodies will be of later date.
Indeed, that is what happened many times with burials from antiquity which were uncovered during later times. Remember the Roman cemetary outside Cologne that was 'discivered' at the site of 10.000 martyrs, killed by the Huns!
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
