Invicta | Did the Romans find Dinosaur Fossils? #history #history #documentary @InvictaHistory | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Its not uncommon for people today to stumble upon ancient fossils. This raises the question, did the Romans ever find their own dinosaurs? The passage from Philostratus certainly suggests that the ancient world was full of accounts of the discovery of odd bones from mysterious creatures.

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