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Researchers recently identified the bodies of Roman warriors found stacked in an ancient water well in Croatia, a new study reveals.

The bodies were uncovered outside the city walls of Mursa, now modern-day Osijek, in 2011.

In a study published in October in PLOS One, researchers connected the corpses to the Battle of Mursa in 260 AD. The conflict was won by Emperor Gallienus, who defeated rebel commander Ingenuus.

SURPRISED ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH ANCIENT GRAVES CAUGHT BETWEEN PAGAN, CHRISTIAN RITUALS IN POLAND

The battle was part of Rome's Crisis of the Third Century, when the empire nearly faced ruin due to civil wars and invasions.

Using radiocarbon dating and isotopic analysis, researchers determined that the men we

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