Gladiator in Britain wore helmet made in Pompeii

A troop of a gladiators may have been brought to Britain during, or in the years immediately following, the Roman invasion of Britain. This new interpretation may explain why a high-quality Roman gladiator helmet was discovered in a field in England two millennia later. The helmet was found by a farmer ploughing his land near Hawkedon in Essex in 1965. Though damaged and missing its visor, the bowl was complete and its brow-and neck-guards were still in place. It is the only confirmed piece of gladiatorial armour from Roman Britain. New metallurgical analysis of the helmet carried out by scientist Dr Peter Bray of the University of Reading reveals it was likely made in Italy in the first century AD. The helmet is made of an unusually high-quality bronze. The…

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