vatican museums

Vatican museums please. and that's all. THAT'S ALL

i want to go to... well all the interesting ones.

Gladiator Girls -Nathan Landau

Nathan Landau

Dave Whitson

Humanities 9r

3-7-10

Gladiator Girls

A few years back, group of archaeologist found the remains of a young female buried out side the city limits of Rome that dates back to to the late first century CE. She was found right close to a Roman amphitheater that could hold about one-third of Rome's entire population at that time. The remains found on her skeletal figure suggest that she was a wealthy and successful person because of the expensive and extravagant objects found on her person. Scientific test tell us that she was most likely in good physical shape and she was also free of any sickness or disease. Archaeologist also say that “the wight oil lamps interred with her depicts a gladiator.” This discovery led to a much further debate to wether this girl was actually a gladiator. One side suggests that oil lamps were also common house house hold items and were not limited to just gladiators. Also, it is evident that this girl was buried in the setting of an elaborate funeral and gladiators did not typically have such a funeral.

Archaeologist do know however that female gladiators did exist in the ancient Roman world. They know this because many accounts of literature, inceptions, and art even though these types of discoveries are rare. Excavators have found sources saying that women were prominent and competitive fighters in gladiator arenas. Inscriptions from both late and Roman times show images of women in full armor in a gladiator duel. However, most archaeologist believe that women never fought men in a gladiator duel because of if the women turned out to be the victor, than that would put the whole Roman society in an uneasy state. Female gladiators also performed elaborated shows in order to entertain visiting members of the royal family. Women would also take on the roles that men are usually used to. They would drive chariots in battles with live animals. These events would be taken very seriously through out Rome and they were almost as popular as battles with the traditional men. Although women gladiators may not be as well known as men fighters, there is no doubt that women did not play in a role in these battle and the discovery of this young female gladiator is another step to advancing our knowledge on the subject.

Daily Life In The Roman City "Gladiators" By Gregory S. Aldrete

In this story it says that how in Ancient Rome their were many gladiator combats. It says how entertainment today is far different than entertainment in ancient Rome. For instance the entertainment in ancient Rome was based on sacrifices to the gods, which consisted of gladiators killing each other or being killed by animals. It also mentions that, "when a king or major war person died, for their ceremonial death, gladiators fought and killed each other in honor of them." Through out the Roman empire, the senate would would only be able to support only about 2 gladiator events per year, but during the time when Augustus ruled, he allowed about 8 gladiator shows. But for the gladiators their were many different types like slaves, people who were taken as prisons during war and people from the country who were interested in being gladiators such as athletes to make money and become really famous. But before becoming a gladiator they had to go through a lot of training to become good.

the gladiator revolution

This so called “gladiator girl” was discovered in london in a cemetery outside the cities in an archeological site and because there was no evidence of sickness, she was in her early twenties, and was in extremely good physical shape, she did not seem like the person to be buried outside the city walls with the... less fortunate people. The way she was buried and the items buried with her suggest the gladiator status, but when she was alive (late 1^st century) the items she was buried with was fiarly common for rich people, and not strictly for gladiators. The debate is leaning towards the idea that she was not a gladiator, eveen though there were other female gladiators before her, so it was not unheard of. In the document (http://dailylife.greenwood.com/dle.aspx?k=3&x=C8739&bc=DBDL1311&p=C8739-804&tab=f&id=0&u=#hit) they support both sides , But it does have more information supporting the female that not. They leave it for you too choose showing a few pictures and some facts, but you can still disagree that she was a gladiator. At the very end of the document, they give multiple examples of females being used as gladiators and female's limits in some sections of sports and politics. This is a very interesting story of how women were making a difference in the world back in the first century, and how persistent they were, and eventhough they were not allowed to play sports, they still did and were buried with honor and helmets and spaers as if they were real gladiators.