There were several different types of gladiators who fought at the time of the Roman Empire. Wearing different kinds of armor, and welding a mix of weapons, these fighters were pitted against each ...

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 ...

The scene features a wounded gladiator appealing for mercy Archaeological ... curved shield and distinctive crested helmet and a thraex wielding a smaller shield and angled blade.

With just two eyeholes, the helmet must have been hard to see or breathe through, a handicap that balanced out bouts with this gladiator’s bareheaded foe. Professional fighters needed ...

A gladiator's helmet left behind in the ruins of Pompeii is the centrepiece of an exhibition to be unveiled in Melbourne today. The 2,000-year-old bronze helmet is one of 250 items brought ...

The gladiator was likely taken as a slave as the Romans captured Judea years earlier and became so successful that he wore a personalized helmet decorated with a symbol of the land he came from ...

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 ...

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." ...

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