Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator ... an ancient Roman helmet turned up ...

According to a statement from English Heritage, the gladiator figurine was once attached to a folding knife. Two divers ...

A touring exhibition exploring the world of Roman gladiators has opened in Northamptonshire ... There were 25 artefacts in the exhibition, including the Hawkedon Helmet - the only confirmed piece of ...

open image in gallery The Hawkedon Helmet - Britain's only surviving piece of Roman gladiator equipment ... displays and where the ancient world's most famous gladiator, Spartacus, was based.

The archaeological site of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is ... the second one was a Thracian gladiator. Thracian gladiators wore helmets like the one depicting a palm tree and carried a ...

In a river near Hadrian’s Wall, a Roman construction in England, researchers found an ancient piece of ... a “strong muscular” gladiator armed with a helmet and shield, archaeologists ...

But was the helmet ... the Roman world. Many gladiators were not actually killed in combat due to their value as entertainers, however, potentially making the games more palatable for ancient ...

This tiny Roman ... profession, gladiators could become huge celebrities.” McIntosh notes that there has always been a fascination—and even “sex appeal”—connected to the ancient fighters.