My latest acquisitions:

Xantener Berichte Bd. 49 contains two articles about gladiator helmets. The first about a brim from Nijmegen and a cheek piece from Xanten which might have belonged to the same helmet. The second is about the Berlin helmet.

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#ancienthistory #archaeology #experimentalarchaeology #gladiator #gladiatorhelmet #murmillohelmet #murmillo

Today's photos with the most hits - handy guides to gladiator types, at the arena in Nimes.

#gladiators #nimes #RomanArena #murmillo #secutor #retiarius

So, here comes my #introduction : Since 2005 I am active as a gladiator reenactor founding my own group in 2006 in Hamburg. Since moving to the South of the Netherlands, I am training with a group in Neuss. I fight in the classes of #provocator and #murmillo / #secutor.

Next to being an active fighter, I also did a lot of research on #gladiators especially on female ones. So, I am about to write a book about female gladiators, but that still takes some time.

#romanhistory #ancientrome