![Archaeologists stunned on UK Roman discovery 'beyond realms of expected' | UK | News | Express.co.uk Archaeologists stunned on UK Roman discovery 'beyond realms of expected' | UK | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/Archaeology-Researchers-were-stunned-on-finding-the-ancient-Roman-boxing-gloves-1430304.jpg?r=1619792336892)
Archaeologists stunned on UK Roman discovery 'beyond realms of expected' | UK | News | Express.co.uk
![Heavy Hitters: 2,000-Year-Old Boxing Gloves Suggest Roman Soldiers Used to Duke It Out | Ancient Origins Heavy Hitters: 2,000-Year-Old Boxing Gloves Suggest Roman Soldiers Used to Duke It Out | Ancient Origins](https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/field/image/Heavy-Hitters.jpg)
Heavy Hitters: 2,000-Year-Old Boxing Gloves Suggest Roman Soldiers Used to Duke It Out | Ancient Origins
![Robert Harris on X: "Ancient Roman boxing gloves, rawhide and iron, designed not to minimise but to maximise damage https://t.co/BFyyYrK6en" / X Robert Harris on X: "Ancient Roman boxing gloves, rawhide and iron, designed not to minimise but to maximise damage https://t.co/BFyyYrK6en" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkRRoIVXAAAFs9T.jpg)
Robert Harris on X: "Ancient Roman boxing gloves, rawhide and iron, designed not to minimise but to maximise damage https://t.co/BFyyYrK6en" / X
![Knock out find as Roman boxing gloves are discovered - but they're a lot different to these days - Chronicle Live Knock out find as Roman boxing gloves are discovered - but they're a lot different to these days - Chronicle Live](https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article14311499.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/Roman-Boxing-Gloves.jpg)
Knock out find as Roman boxing gloves are discovered - but they're a lot different to these days - Chronicle Live
Gareth Harney on X: "Bronze hand of a boxer, wrapped in a caestus (a large boxing glove made of leather and wicker), from a larger lost bronze statue. 1st century AD, Verona
![Knock out find as Roman boxing gloves are discovered - but they're a lot different to these days - Chronicle Live Knock out find as Roman boxing gloves are discovered - but they're a lot different to these days - Chronicle Live](https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article14311501.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Roman-Boxing-Gloves.jpg)