07-07-2014, 12:45 PM
Female gladiators fought against other female gladiators only. Their fights of course could happen during a regular show where also male gladiators fought, unfortunately it's not known at which point of the gladiatorial part of the show (since Augustus' reform: beast fights e.g. beast vs. beast or beast vs. venator in the morning, public executions around noon time, gladiators in the afternoon. This applies to big shows of course, provincial shows might not have contained all three but e.g. gladiators only or beasts only).
Axe and pelta shield are no common gladiatorial weapons.
Amazons are mythological figures, at least we don't know for sure who might the real amazons and what they looked like. So the mosaic might depict a mythological scene of a battle and not a scene from a gladiator show. Do you have a picture of this mosaic in question?
Axe and pelta shield are no common gladiatorial weapons.
Amazons are mythological figures, at least we don't know for sure who might the real amazons and what they looked like. So the mosaic might depict a mythological scene of a battle and not a scene from a gladiator show. Do you have a picture of this mosaic in question?
