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5,000-year-old fortress found in Spain contains mysterious burial of Roman-era man with dagger

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Archaeologists found a Roman Age burial of a man from ancient Rome who was buried with a military dagger.

The remains of the man, who died between the ages of 25 and 35 , were discovered near the fortress's outer wall.

The fortress was built almost 5,000 years ago and abandoned roughly 2,500 years ago .

The ruins date back to the " Chalcolithic " or Copper Age ( between about 3200 and 2200 B.C. in this region).