Graham\'s Gladiatiors

[Robert Vermaat]

Hello Svenja

I understand it correctly that the picture in the first post shows real people? So I wonder how the woman on the left at first tied her strophium and if it really stays up when fighting. Because out of my own experience I had the strophium just wrapped around me like shown in that picture but it didn't stay up and I had to constantly adjust it. Quite a nuisance...

The model I used for this picture was from the group Britannia. She simply posed like that wearing a strophium (pinned or tied at the back) as this was required for the book. Normally when she takes part in her groups Gladiator displays she wears a metal muscled cuirass with an ordinary tunic underneath. So sorry, I can not pass on any practical advice.

Answer from Dan:
"Mandy has either a basic tunic or subligaria (a la our book).
This item of kit was rigged for the picture as far as I'm aware/can recall & therefore not something she'd normally wear... sorry we can't be more help.
Ask Graham about the 'Katy of Britannia' pictures....
A certain Roman bikini was modelled"