the Municipality of Heerlen said in a Nov. 28 news release. As they dug, the team uncovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman tomb. Photos shared by the city on Facebook show what remains of ...
This suggests Flaccus was a Roman soldier stationed at Coriovallum — a military settlement known today as the city of Heerlen — around the time of early Roman expansion into the Netherlands.
Analysis of the newly found gravesite led researchers to date Heerlen’s earliest settlement to the Augustan ... The latest findings could provide new insights into the residential history of the city, ...