Decline of the Roman empire, gold found in the Netherlands

Dutch daily De Volkskrant reports today about an archaeological discovery in Echt town, in Limburg province in the southern Netherlands.

Archaeologists found a treasure, hidden during the decline of the Roman empire in the fifth century AD. It included cold coins from 408-411 AD of emperor Constantine III. Probably, the treasure was hidden by a Germanic mercenary paid by the emperor, in futile efforts to keep the border of the empire along the river Rhine intact.

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