Evidence shows women gladiators fought in front of crowds in Ancient Rome. Evidence shows us that women gladiators fought in ...

Unlike society in ancient Egypt, Rome did not regard women as equal to men before the ... from ladies’ maids to farm workers, and even gladiators. Wealthy widows, subject to no man’s authority ...

But I’m most interested in how the two films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their republic-minded contemporaries. In the films, the brawny biceps of ...