Amazons vs gladiators?

[Condottiero Magno]

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.

Could simply be a mythological depiction. Actually, we do have a fairly good idea of what Amazons looked like. They were painted, quite popularly, on Greek vases. Judging from artistic rendering of their dress and weapons (cupid bows and typical sagaris), they were Scythian and Massagetae women. So in a sense, Amazons actually existed. But Amazons in Africa?

Outside the period, but the French had a tough time fighting against the Dahomey Amazons.