Rare Roman Knife Handle Depicting Gladiator Found Near Hadrian’s Wall
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Rknife1.jpg?itok=syc-BOYp"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Rknife1.jpg?itok=syc-BOYp" width="610" height="262" alt="Roman gladiators depicted in mosaic from the year 200 AD." /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>A rare Roman knife handle, moulded in the shape of a
secutor gladiator, was found in the River Tyne at Corbridge Roman Town near Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, England. Approximately 2,000-years-old, the carved copper figure is roughly three inches tall, and was found by a diver three decades ago, and had remained in his private collection – until now. He has agreed to loan the knife handle to English Heritage, so it can be put on display in conjunction with the release of the blockbuster movie
Gladiator II.</p>
<p>The most telling thing about the
dagger and its remarkable handle is that is shows how the celebrity status of gladiators reached every corner of the sprawling
Roman Empire. This particular type of gladiator would have been seen as a celebrity in ancient times, explaining why such an image would have been engraved on a physical object.</p>
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<p>This artifact represents an unusual find on English soil.</p>
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