The remains of the legionary were buried in a cooking pot.
Archaeologists during excavations of ancient Roman camp in the North of Israel found stone buildings and a few artifacts. In addition, the researchers found man-made cave in which were the cremated ashes of a man, presumably a soldier.
In II-III centuries of our era at camp VI was stationed the Legion participated in the suppression of the Bar Kochba revolt in 132-135. Legio excavations carried out in 2002-2003, and then in 2013. During the excavations the archaeologists, under the leadership of the Tepper Gotama found fragments of buildings, including Pretoria — the house of the commander. Were found tiles with the stamp of the VI Legion. Today it is the only Roman military camp found in the Eastern Mediterranean. From Roman sources we know that in the rebellious Judea was two legions. The second was stationed on the territory of the Roman colony of Elia by Kapitolina, which Emperor Hadrian ordered to build on the ruins of Jerusalem. But while traces of this Legion was not found.
In the field season of 2017, the researchers found the remains of principii staff space Legion. It was a large complex with dimensions of 100×100 meters, with a colonnade on the facade and a colonnade inside the building. “Principia was not just a headquarters; it was a temple of the Legion. There was an open courtyard with a sanctuary where they kept the banners of the Legion,” explains Barry Strauss, Professor of classical history, Cornell University. Sacred eagle of the Legion, the scream which was seen as an omen in preparation for the battle, held in one of the back rooms. In addition, principii the Treasury was kept and weapons this was the work of scribes.
Archaeologists have studied the restrooms in principii. In addition to the petrified waste products legionaries, they found 200 Roman coins from II-III centuries of our era, ceramic shards, pieces of glass and animal bones. The scientists also found in the camp excavated a cave, and in it a cooking pot with the remains of a cremated man, probably a soldier. “Burial of cremated remains in the cooking pots was a common practice of Roman soldiers of the time. We found several more graves around the camp,” said Tepper.
Earlier it was reported that scientists have discovered in Israel a crock, 2700 years ago, which is visible from the seal of king Hezekiah, who ruled Judah in the eighth century BC According to the Bible, Hezekiah ascended the Judean throne in the third year of the reign of Hosea, king of Israel, that is, in 727 BC, when he was 25 years old. Hezekiah ruled Judah for 29 years
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