Dr Jo Ball

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#Roman & conflict archaeologist; Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Met University; University Teacher at the University of Liverpool; Early Career Research Fellow at the Centre for Integrative Research in Conflict Archaeology.

A reconstruction of the helmet in silver & gold

A corroded Roman helmet with a large brow guard & two attached cheek-pieces, viewed from the front

A delicate chain of thin gold links between small pearls & emeralds, which would hang to just below the collar

The boxing gloves are dark brown leather crescents worn jutting out from the knuckles, with a band running across the palm to keep them in place. They are shown on display in the Vindolanda site museum, worn by a white plaster cast model of the upper part of a person.