March
06
/ 2023
New research has revealed evidence that gladiatorial combat took place in Roman Britain in the late second century AD. The evidence of these bloody battles was found on a vase discovered in a Roman grave in Colchester. Previously, gladiator contests have been assumed to have taken place in Britain, but no physical evidence has ever been found confirming this. Were Gladiators Fighting in Britain? The Roman period in Britain spanned almost four centuries from 43 AD, although Julius Caesar had invaded the territory almost a century earlier. Colchester in the east was the place chosen for the first legionary fortress to be built, and was for a while the provincial capital of Roman Britain. With the Romans came their governance
