When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ...
Cato speaking. Illustration from the end of the 19th century. The story of the fall of the Roman republic involves dysfunctional government, political selfishness, and constitutional collapse, played ...
The Roman Empire is famous for its arenas like the Colosseum where gladiators fought each other in gory skirmishes. But were any of these gladiators ever women? Several lines of evidence, including ...