Ancient burial ground near Rome offers rare look into laborers' lives - USATODAY.com

USA Today had a report on an early imperial Roman cemetery at Ponte Galeria, near Rome . The archaeologists are interpreting it as a burial ground for longshoremen and manual laborers. 300 mostly male burials, lots of evidence of heavy labor. Obviously there's a going to be a lot more to be said about this that won't be in a a US Today article. I know little about Roman archaeology, but I did do some work on 19th-century longshoremen in California. I should probably revisit that work. I am sure I can make some connections...

Part of a necklace, discovered in a necropolis on
the outskirts of Rome. Archaeologist have discovered a nearly
2,000-year-old intact necropolis on the outskirts of Rome that gives a
rare insight into the lives of poor laborers in the Roman era.