Face of a man who died on Scotland's Roman frontier 2,000 years ago is revealed ahead of an Edinburgh exhibition

He died at Inveresk, near Edinburgh, at some point between AD 140 and 165, most likely in his early 50s. DNA analysis suggests he had roots in southern Britain before travelling several hundred miles north to the Firth of Forth. Severe septic arthritis had left his right elbow so badly incapacitated that experts believe he could not have wielded a sword. His skull is set to go on display next month at the National Museum of Scotland.

Four of the six adult men buried at Inveresk were beheaded after death.

They are thought to represent Scotland's earliest known cases of post-mortem decapitation.

Curator Dr Fraser Hunter: 'his family and friends would have spotted the likeness.'