Second-Century Military Barracks Unearthed in Rome

ROME, ITALY—The construction of a subway line through the center of Rome has uncovered barracks for the Praetorian guards dating to the reign of Emperor Hadrian in the second century A.D., according to an announcement made by Italy’s Culture Ministry. Archaeologists have reportedly found a long hallway and 39 rooms decorated with mosaic floors and frescoed walls. “It’s exceptional, not only for its good state of conservation but because it is part of a neighborhood which already included four barracks. And therefore, we can characterize this area as a military neighborhood,” Rossella Rea of the Culture Ministry said in an Associated Press report. The site has also yielded 13 skeletons in a collective grave, a bronze coin, and a bronze bracelet. To read more, go to "Rome's Imperial Port."