The Colchester vase contains the remains a male of about 40 years of age and not of local origin. Could he have been a gladiator?

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 ...

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Gladiator fights were once staged in Roman-occupied Britain, new research suggests. Tests have proven that the Colchester Vase - an ancient artefact which depicts a fight between combatants - was ...

New research on an ancient vase discovered in England in 1853 suggests, for the first time, that gladiator battles took place in Roman Britain. Gladiator battles were a form of Roman entertainment ...

Could he have been a gladiator? Gladiators are one of the emblematic images of the roman world . Massive amphitheatres, depictions of gladiators in Roman art and literature and more recent ...

“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 ...

The core research team included John Pearce, Nina Crummy and Joanna Bird. Their analysis revealed a story of gladiators in ...

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 ...

Their analysis revealed a story of gladiators in Roman Britain — a multilayered story encapsulated by a 9-inch tall vase. The clay for the vase came from the Colchester area and was fired in a ...