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Tiny spoon-shaped implements carried by Roman era Germanic warriors may be evidence they used stimulants on the field of war.

According to a new analysis of the mysterious artifacts and their context, archaeologists and biologists believe that the suspiciously round-ended fittings could have been used to dispense drugs that gave the warriors an edge when they faced their opponents thousands of years ago.

What those drugs actually were is unknown; wed have to find some evidence of them, such as residues, and that can be challenging after thousands of years have elapsed. But the concept isnt without precedent;and, if it can be validated, the teams hypothesis could reveal evidence of drug use among cultures outside of the Roman Empire.