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Skeleton found in Herculaneum identified as heroic Roman soldier on Vesuvius rescue mission (www.dailymail.co.uk)

The 2,000-year-old skeleton belonged to a senior Roman soldier who was likely sent on a rescue mission to the doomed towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum as Mount Vesuvius erupted, new analysis reveals.

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