Rare Roman relics unearthed in Rome subway construction

Image Courtesy of AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino
Image Courtesy of AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

By Nicole Mortillaro, Global News, May 16, 2016 

In a country as old as Italy, you never know what you’ll find while digging beneath the streets of Rome.

Workers upgrading Rome’s subway system uncovered the ruins of a Roman barracks and much more earlier this month.

The barracks were uncovered about nine metres below street level and cover about 900 square metres. Archaeologists said that the entire barracks consisted of 39 rooms.

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