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New gladiator find - Paullus - 12-17-2005
A piece of pottery depicting a new form of gladiator clothing was recently found:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20 ... r_arc.html
So, who's going to do one of these? :lol:
Re: New gladiator find - john m roberts - 12-17-2005
The Villa Borgherse mosaic shows gladiators fighting, and next to them those same winning gladiators after the fight, stripped to a jockstrap and waving their victory palms. Maybe that is what is depicted on this shard. There is also a statuette of what may be a female gladiator wearing a bikini bottom and waving something that looks like a palm frond, so perhaps this was a common post-contest practice.