A rare Roman knife handle cast in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered in a river at Corbridge Roman Town on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. It provides new proof that gladiators’ celebrity status extended to the very edge of the Roman Empire.
Dr Frances McIntosh, English Heritage’s Collections Curator for Hadrian’s Wall and the North East joins us.
English Heritage images Corbridge Roman Town, Corbridge, Northumberland, England Pic Phil Wilkinson / English Heritage Photo: Picture Phil Wilkinson
