Gladiators: A Cemetery of Secrets touring exhibition background

In 2004-5, York Archaeological Trust unearthed eighty burials, dating from the early 2nd century to the late 3rd century AD, in York. This site was part of a large cemetery on the outskirts of the Roman town of Eboracum, across the river from the legionary fortress. Gladiators – A Cemetery of Secrets is an exhibition that features the skeletal remains of six of the men, all of whom were decapitated and suffered injuries prior to death, buried in this cemetery alongside other burial evidence from Roman graves across York. Recent research has added to the story and uncovered more about who these men were, where they came from, how they died and why. TW: Human Remains