The Roman knife that shows gladiators reached Scottish border
The tiny figure of a mysterious left-handed gladiator has been found near Hadrian’s Wall proving that celebrity fighters were ...
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The Antonine Wall
In 122 AD the Emperor Hadrian ... gates of the wall forts where information could be gathered and taxes collected. Small settlements near the forts would thrive on the cross border trade and ...
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10 Facts About Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman Empire’s Northern Frontier
2. Hadrian’s Wall does not follow the border of Scotland and England. When looking at a map of Hadrian’s Wall, many people wrongly suppose that it follows the border between England and Scotland.
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Minimus! Tiny Gladiator-shaped knife handle found at Hadrian's Wall that proves celebrity status of enslaved fighters in Roman Britain 2,000 years ago
Many Britons started adopting Roman customs and law. 122AD - Emperor Hadrian ordered that a wall be built between England and Scotland to keep Scottish tribes out. 312AD - Emperor Constantine made ...
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Hadrian's Wall: Ideas sought to boost visitor numbers
Ideas for new visitor attractions along Hadrian's Wall, or for improving ... leaders in Northern England and Scotland in 2021, bringing £450m into border areas. Partners in the scheme are now ...
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Roman knife handle discovered in the UK is testament to gladiators’ celebrity status
As gladiators return to the big screen, English Heritage announces plans to show the artefact at Hadrian’s Wall ...
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Tracing Scotland's unique place in the Roman world
It is a commonly-held view that the Romans did not spend a long time in Scotland or have much interest ... of the country and before they built Hadrian's Wall and the later Antonine Wall in ...
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Rare Hadrian's Wall find shows that gladiator celebrity cult spread to far edge of Roman empire
A rare Roman knife handle cast in the shape of a gladiator discovered at a Northumberland Hadrian's Wall site could be evidence that gladiators were huge celebrities on the northern edge of the ...
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Rare gladiator-shaped knife handle discovered by Hadrian's Wall
It's rare to find gladiator memorabilia from Roman Britain, but archaeologists by Hadrian's Wall have just found a 2,000-year-old knife handle depicting a left-handed fighter.
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What was the Antonine Wall?
40 years later, tribes in what is now the north of England and Scottish borders, rebelled. The Emperor Hadrian himself came to Britain, and in 122 AD, ordered that a wall be built. MUM ...