helmet
- Museum number
- 1966,0605.1
- Description
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Copper alloy gladiator's helmet, originally tinned and with face-guard, now lost.
- Dimensions
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Height: 195 millimetres
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Length: 196 millimetres
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Weight: 2.77 kilograms
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Width: 440 millimetres
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Depth: 308 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Gladiator's helmet
Roman Britain, 1st century AD
From Hawkedon, Suffolk
This heavy bronze helmet originally had a tinned surface, giving it a shiny silver appearance. The wearer's face would have been encased in an intricate hinged mask with eye-guards, similar to helmets that have been found in Pompeii. The nearest place that gladiators are likely to have fought was Colchester, the leading town of the province in the first century AD, and just 20 miles away from where this was found.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2023-2024 15 Jul - 14 Jan, Colchester Castle Museum, Glory & Grit
- Acquisition date
- 1966
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1966,0605.1
