Relics found from wars between Romans , Barbarians in third century . Historians had thought Rome had given up control of northern Italy by then . `` We hope we might find fortifications and if we are lucky , maybe even battlefield graveyards , '' she said . Battlefield discovered by relic - hunters illegally searching for relics of recent battles .
Relics found from wars between Romans , Barbarians in third century . Historians had thought Rome had given up control of northern Italy by then . Battlefield discovered by relic - hunters illegally searching for relics of recent battles .