‘Proof of celebrity status of gladiators in UK’ coming to Hadrian’s Wall

English Heritage curator Dr Frances McIntosh examines a Roman knife handle cast in the shape of a secutor gladiator (Phil Wilkinson/English Heritage/PA) -

A knife handle featuring a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall in England after being discovered by two divers.

The handle, which is about 2,000 years old, was discovered in the River Tyne near Corbridge in Northumberland, and is thought to have been bought as a souvenir.