“It’s the only evidence of a Roman arena gladiator combat actually being staged in Britain,” he said. “There are no written descriptions. The vase is such high quality that there’s been ...

In 1853, a Roman vase was found being used as a container for ashes in a grave outside Roman Colchester. Dating to the later second century AD, it depicted four gladiators with their names ...

The first reports of gladiators (the name comes from the type of sword they used: the gladius) appears around 264BCE, 2300 years ago, back when Rome was still a republic and didn’t have an ...

Archaeologists say it is the only depiction of a real gladiator match that took place in Roman Britain. While there are other artifacts suggesting that gladiators were in Britain, on the outer ...

Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first ... gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization. Given they belonged to such a civilized and sophisticated ...

This object arrived at Piddington from Gaul or Rome and may have been brought back ... It depicts a 'secutor' gladiator and is made of copper alloy with an iron blade, inlaid with copper and ...

The Colchester Vase will go on display there from 15 July 2023, so you can take a closer look at this fascinating piece of pottery up close: the missing link between gladiators and Roman Britain.

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