The First Time Chemical Weapons Were Used

The Lone Persian
The body of a Persian Empire soldier was found lying alone in a mine where the Persians executed the first known gas attack on Roman Empire soldiers attempting to hold down a fort. He is still clad in his iron mail shirt, his helmet and sword near his feet. Yale University Art Gallery, Dura-Europos Excavation Archive

Earliest Chemical Warfare Felled Roman Fort -- Discovery News

A cramped tunnel beneath a Middle Eastern fort might have produced the oldest evidence of chemical warfare, according to a CSI-style review of archival records.

Presented at the recent meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, the review focused on the dramatic remains of 20 Roman soldiers unearthed in the 1930s in the city of Dura-Europos, Syria.

Sitting on a cliff overlooking the Euphrates River, the Roman fort at Dura was the site of a violent siege by the powerful Persian Empire around 256 A.D.

No historical record of the battle exists, but archaeological remains have helped piece together the action.

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