Sunday, March 7, 2010
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 1st 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.
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