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Shaped like a gladiator: Rare 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle discovered in England
English Heritage announced the discovery of a rare 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle sculpted in the shape of a gladiator, unearthed from the River Tyne near Corbridge. The intricately carved ...
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‘Remarkable’ 2,000-year-old gladiator knife handle discovery shows Rome’s reach
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Roman-era knife handle shaped like a gladiator in the River Tyne near Corbridge Roman Town, located along Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, England.
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Roman Gladiator clasp knife
This object arrived at Piddington from Gaul or Rome and may have been brought back as a souvenir from the games.A finely detailed late 2nd-3rd century AD Roman clasp knife found in the courtyard ...
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Roman coins stolen in Braintree knife attack
An armed robber forced his way in to the home of a man in Essex early on Wednesday and stole a collection of 170 Roman coins. The attack happened in Blenheim Close, Braintree, just after 04:05 BST ...