Once thought an athlete, this Roman statuette may depict a female gladiator in combat pose. Curators long believed this Roman statuette showed a female athlete. But high-resolution imaging reveals ...
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Were there female gladiators in ancient Rome?
The Roman Empire is famous for its arenas like the Colosseum where gladiators fought each other in gory skirmishes. But were any of these gladiators ever women? Several lines of evidence, including ...
A Roman oil lamp shows two female gladiators fighting like men—strong visual proof women fought. An ordinary Roman oil lamp shows two gladiators with unmistakably female features, fighting in the same ...
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