Women Gladiators????

[Matthew Amt]

The identification of the woman in the recent grave find was a classic of leaping to conclusions. There were a couple oil lamps decorated with gladiators in her grave, so someone assumed that she must have been one!! By that logic, MOST of the residents of the Empire were gladiators, since that's one of the most common motifs on original oil lamps, not to mention pots, wall paintings and mosaics, knife handles, game pieces, you name it... Think of how many of your friends could be identified as football players simply because of a couple items of their clothing.<br>
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Oh, apparently they also thought this woman was Egyptian, because of some statuette of Isis or something. It couldn't POSSIBLY have just been something she bought or was given as a gift, eh? Amazing...<br>
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WERE there woman gladiators? Yes! But it seems silly to conclude that the woman in this particular grave was one.<br>
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Valete,<br>
Matthew/Quintus <p></p><i></i>