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A new DFG project has been launched to study brick stamps in Roman Trier. Trier reached its peak in the 4th century AD, when it served as a residence for Roman emperors. Monumental structures like the ...

In northwest Germany, near the site of the 1,600-year-old Roman military camp Anreppen, archaeologists discovered evidence of ...

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