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 ...

“There are lots of rumors that you see of high society women falling in ... that they were the son of a gladiator because their mother was … you know.” In ancient Rome, the fighters ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad 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.