While archaeologists have long been unearthing mass-produced memorabilia featuring the fierce battles of ancient Roman gladiators, rarely do they come across artifacts that depict specific fighters ...

An inscription on the vase names gladiators Memnon and Valentinus, suggesting it commemorates a real combat event in Colchester.

Colchester in Essex was once the capital of Roman Britain, and is the oldest recorded city in Britain, with a history stretching right back over 2,000 years ...

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.

A discussion between a Celtic and Roman man about the attack on Colchester by Boudicca. Boudicca and the Iceni tribe successfully defeated the Roman Ninth Legion and destroyed the capital of Roman ...

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.

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 ...

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.

A 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 ...