Roman Gladiator clasp knife Contributed by Piddington Roman Villa Museum The 3rd century Piddington Gladiator clasp knife probably used to sharpen new nibs on quills or reed pens.

The clasp was usually worn by men to hold their cloaks closed, so it is possible that a man from the island was a Germanic mercenary in the Roman army and brought the owl back to Bornholm with him. A ...

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From 300 B.C. to the Roman and Byzantine periods, the S-shaped hook was popular as a fastener, according to a report on dating necklaces, clasps and fasteners on the Navette Jewellery website.

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Archaeologists have discovered a "unique" ancient Roman drinking vessel mysteriously embedded in an Anglo-Saxon burial from the early 6th century A.D. The burial is one of 49 that were interred ...

Ancient Romans lost these gemstones—down a bathhouse drain The 36 gemstone intaglios include agates and jaspers that likely once graced the rings of ancient Roman elites and are intricately ...

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Essex County Council Another treasure find - a gold Roman clasp with blue and green glass - is now in Saffron Walden Museum after being compared to jewellery in the Thetford Hoard ...

Other objects show the hold of gladiators on the popular imagination, such as an ivory clasp knife handle showing a gladiator from the Roman fort at South Shields.