Roman Empire

Amateur archaeologist Oliver Riedel has discovered 934 Roman silver coins near Wesseling, Germany, marking the largest Hadrian-era coin hoard ever found in the country.

Researchers from the University of Granada have identified the oldest library on the Iberian Peninsula at the extensive Roman villa of Fuente Alamo near Cordoba. When the complex was first excavated decades ago, archaeologists mistakenly believed that the system of rooms belonged to a cult structure for the god Mithras, but a reinterpretation has revealed that it is an ancient literary archive.