[sully777]

Re: The rooms appear to date back to the second century and are thought to be a place of early Christian burial. Because of the large number of bodies deposited over a relatively short period, experts believe a natural disaster or epidemic may have occurred at the time.

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There was a major plague that killed nearly half the population of the Roman Empire in the second century. ~~Bray, Armies of Pestilence

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! I wonder if anyone will try to discover the nature of that plague through forensic methods?