Two Roman funerary stelae revealed at Strasbourg tram construction site

Archaeologists have discovered two 2,000-year-old grave stelae during the course of rescue excavations at the construction site of the new Strasbourg tram line in Koenigshoffen.

Credit: Antea Archaeology

The two well preserved stelae once marked the graves of two Roman legionnares from Legion VIII Augusta, established by Julius Caesar. They were moved in the 2nd or 3rd century, when the necropolis was replaced by houses.