A small, decorative Roman bone statuette, just 7 cm tall, in the form of a gladiator murmillo, dated to the 1st-2nd century AD, was found in Colchester, an English town and an important Roman settlement in Britain. The artifact is now in the British Museum in London. The murmillo, so called because of its helmet type, the galea, which made it resemble a fish, was a class of gladiators whose opponents in the arena were usually thracian gladiators. The murmillo wore a padded sleeve, a large rectangular shield, the scutum, a single greave, the ocrea, on the left leg that protected the shin, and used as a weapon the famous double-edged sword, the gladius in Latin, also used by Roman legionaries. He also wore a balteum, a sort of belt to hold his loincloth, a kind of shorts, the subligaculum. The gladiator is depicted in a resting posture, with his shield, decorated with gladiatorial combat, resting on his greaves. This type of gladiator exploited his defenses to launch short, quick attacks, but the weight of the weapon and armor, estimated to have weighed a total of 15-20 kg, led to slow movement, which could be exploited by the opponent.