Shaped like a gladiator: Rare 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle discovered in England
The knife handle is a testament to how pervasive the gladiator celebrity culture was in the Roman Empire, reaching all the way to Hadrian’s Wall at the very edge of the Roman Empire.
2,000-year-old Roman gladiator-shaped knife handle.(photo credit: English Heritage)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF