Celeb Martial Artist Recruited for Ancient Roman Army

"Millennia before modern-day military recruiters talked up potential soldiers in shopping malls or put up posters, one Roman city took a rather different approach to recruiting soldiers for the emperor's army."

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Roman statues rescued in Spain

"A PAIR of first century bronze statues about to be sold on the black market have been recovered by police in Jaen."

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Priceless ancient Greek statue rescued from goat-pen; goatherd arrested

"Greek police recovered an ancient statue that was illegally excavated and hidden in a goat pen near Athens, and arrested the goat herder and another man who were allegedly trying to sell the work for €500,000 ($667,000)."

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Swiss customs seize Roman sarcophagus stolen from Turkey

"A Roman sarcophagus, believed to have been excavated illegally from an archaeological site close to the southern Turkish province of Antalya, has been seized from a Swiss warehouse by authorities, a customs official said March 26."

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