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First Gladiator Fights Were Organized in Roman Britain; Researchers Find Evidence of Combat on a Clay VaseFirst Gladiator Fights Were Organized in Roman Britain; Researchers Find Evidence of Combat on a Clay Vase Ancient Roman ...
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Re-evaluation of 2nd century Colchester vase fleshes out Roman-era gladiator fights in BritainA recent re-evaluation of the Colchester Vase, a 19th-century archaeological discovery, sheds new light on gladiatorial combat in Roman Britannia. The vase, dating back to CE 160–200 ...
THE boss of a popular annual history-inspired festival says this year’s event will “top anything we have ever done”.
Boudicca, a queen of the Iceni tribe, leads a major uprising of tribes in south-east Britain against the occupying Roman forces. The cities of Colchester, London and St Albans are destroyed.
Once the capital of Roman Britain, this city has a history stretching back over 2,000 years and is home to one of the country’s most impressive castles. That city is Colchester in Essex.
The way the remains were cremated also provides information about funerary practices in Roman Britannia, suggesting that the cremation process was carried out by professionals rather than the deceased ...
Narrator: Beretta and her father follow Boudicca and her army. They head for Colchester, an important Roman town, and burn it to the ground. She raised a huge army and burned the Roman towns of ...
Colchester in Essex, once the capital of Roman Britain, boasts a history that spans over 2,000 years and is home to one of the country's most impressive castles. Located around 50 miles northeast ...
Colchester Castle is the largest Norman Keep in Europe and showcases archaeological collections covering 2,500 years of history, including some of the most important Roman finds in Britain.
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