Thracian gladiator's helmet - shared by Vince Cholewa, 25 June 2022

Spartacus! This Thracian style gladiator’s helmet is in the British Museum. Pretty cool

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This gladiator's helmet, with a medallion of Hercules, was found in the gladiators' barracks in Pompeii.

The helmet was part of the equipment used by the most heavily armed gladiators, those from the NE of Greece, the "Thraces" (Thracians), and those from Gaul, the "mirmillones".

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collec.../object/G_1946-0514-1