Clockwise from top left: Roman mosaic of a retiarius versus a secutor; Roman bronze gladiator helmet, Italy; Roman gladiator fresco, Pompeii, Italy While some ancient written sources describe these ...
The thing about gladiator helmets is that they dehumanized the fighter. He became more of a robot. He didn't show expressions of pain. Whereas the retiarius is us. We can see him. We can see his ...
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The untold story of the gladiator and one of Britain's most remarkable archaeological finds
New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator helmet, discovered buried in a field in East Anglia. The artefact, which will ...
The exhibition features armour preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius Three gladiator helmets "perfectly preserved" following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago are to go on ...
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