It's all thanks to a local conservator who restored it. A "Secutor" gladiator helmet that comes from Pompeii is now part of more than 180 artifacts on display at the "Pompeii: The Exhibition." ...

The helmet is a “particularly significant artifact” and one of the most prominent enduring images of that era, said Jason Brown, the Henry Buhl Jr. director of Carnegie Science Center.

The Hawkedon helmet - and the gladiatorial ethos it represented - was almost certainly worn by a leading 1st century gladiator who would have been watched by senior members of the empire's elite.

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 ...

Regal Theaters reveal Gladiator 2 popcorn bucket Regal revealed its Gladiator 2 popcorn buckets, which are shaped to reflect Maximus' distinctive helmet that he wears in the arena from the first film.

The gladiator and his helmet were probably brought to Britain during the Roman invasion of 43AD or in the one or two decades following that invasion - and it's likely that they would have been ...