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Three ancient bronze gladiator helmets so well preserved that you could “put them on today” are taking centre stage at an exhibition opening at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds this week ...
Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British fighters may have been attacked by ferocious big cats during arena battles.
Join curators Dr Anna Willi and Dr Richard Hobbs as they discuss items featured in the exhibition, including the Murmillo figurine, a bone figurine found near Colchester that depicts a gladiator ...
The Colchester Vase adds to a series of findings that indicate the presence of Roman spectacles in the city, such as fragments of wall paintings depicting gladiators, molds of figures in relief, and a ...
You will pit gladiators against each other and how to come out victorious using a set of uniquely designed mechanics that show real depth. The classical outing of Thraex against Murmillo is played out ...
In its current form BotS features six historically researched gladiator armaturae or classes, the hoplomachus, murmillo, provocator, retiarius, secutor and thraex, but there are of course others in ...