Decapitated bodies found at a burial site likely belonged to slaves who were victims of the Roman army carrying out 'extreme justice', archaeologists claim. The team excavated three third century cemeteries with bodies decapitated and buried in a prone position at Knobb's Farm in Somersham, Cambridgeshire. Decapitated bodies found at a burial site likely belonged to slaves who were victims of the Roman army carrying out 'extreme justice', archaeologists claimDetail of the cuts to the vertebrae and mandible. 26 were buried supine13 were buried prone2 were buried on their side Seventeen of the bodies had been decapitated and six were decapitated and buried prone. They also found that very few Roman-era cemeteries include more than one or two examples of either prone or decapitated burials.

Source: Daily Mail May 31, 2021 09:15 UTC