The Corinium Museum is located at the heart of Cirencester, the Capital of the Cotswolds. The principal collection consists of the highly significant finds from the Roman town of Corinium. However, the Museum today is much more than that, taking you on a journey through time and charting the development of the Cotswolds from its prehistoric landscape to the modern-day.

UNCOVER ROMAN SECRETS IN CIRENCESTER WITH GLADIATORS' EXHIBITION

Gladiators A Cemetery of Secrets exhibition runs from 22 October 2022 to 23 April 2023, allowing visitors to learn more about Roman life and muse on the mystery of these mens lives.

The arrival of these skeletons marks the launch of the Corinium Museums Gladiators: A Cemetery of Secrets exhibition, a touring exhibition from The JORVIK Group of Attractions, operators of the award-winning JORVIK Viking Centre.

Visitors will discover more about eighty burials which were unearthed in York in 2004 from a Roman age cemetery. Archaeological opinion varies on whether the men were soldiers, criminals, slaves or gladiators; the exhibition presents the evidence, which includes scientific analysis, cut marks, animal bites and blunt force trauma to the bone highlighted through six of these skeletons.

Dr. Katharine Walker, Museum Director, explained, We aim to bring the Roman period to life and invite visitors to engage more closely with it through unique archaeological finds. Whatever their age, they will be able to assess the evidence for themselves through a range of AV material, including facial reconstructions, CT scans, and interviews, and deduce from their findings as to which skeletons were, in fact, gladiators!