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In 2014, in Évrecy, a fourth-to-seventh-century necropolis, composed of 377 burials, was comprehensively excavated. The Late Antiquity tombs are rich in artifacts: pottery, glassware, coins, tableware, and metal objects, some of which are exceptional. The study of these objects indicates that a small elite of Gallo-Roman origin and a “Roman-Germanic” military elite were buried in this necropolis at the same period, undoubtedly surrounded by a modest local population. The “Roman-Germanic” elite seems to have consisted of soldiers of the Roman army and their families. While several burials contain deposits regularly observed in the region in the fourth century, others contain female ornaments of Germanic tradition or furnishings considered characteristic of militia soldiers (belts, as well as siliques, small silver coins). Some of these objects may have been imported or traveled with their owners. Anthropological analyses confirm the contribution of a foreign population to the local group. These groups, of distinct social and geographical origin, share the burial space in a homogeneous manner, without any specific grouping.