a type of gladiator that was equipped with a sica (short curved sword), a small oblong shield and a helmet with an image of a griffin. Notably the female gladiator is depicted without the helmet ...

There were five types of gladiator, each with their own unique weapons. The Mirmillones were heavily armed and wore helmets decorated with fish, while the Thracians carried just a shield and ...

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 ...

The modern “gladiators” — with their traditional tunics, resplendent golden helmets, long red capes, and swords — you’ll find in Rome are impossible to miss. Although the gladiator is a ...

It’s hard to understand how people in ancient Rome could sit in the stands of an amphitheater and watch someone get beaten to death for sport. The ancient spectacle of gladiator fights perhaps ...

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(Photo credit: Loesch et al, PLOS ONE 2014) Despite the fact that most of the gladiators probably wore helmets, head injuries, such as the one shown here, were common. The gladiators may have been ...

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 ...

A photograph shows gladiator helmets, displayed as part of the exhibition, “Gladiators in the Arena. Between Colosseum and Ludus Magnus,” at the Colosseum in central Rome, on July 20 ...

said the exhibition would "reveal the humans behind the helmets". Dorset Museum executive director Claire Dixon said: "Visitors will be able to explore the rarely told story of gladiators in ...