Gladiators
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Generally when something comes in on the newswire and I’m blogging things, I like to wait to get more than one version of the story. Similarly, when I think I’ve ‘got it’, I tend to wait a bit to give any ideas I may have some time to percolate and, if need be, grow cold…
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Last night the social media airwaves lit up with Owen Jarus’ report for Livescience which we excerpt below (tip o’ the pileus to Lyndsay Powell on Twitter for first drawing this to my attention): A small bronze statue dating back nearly 2,000 years may be that of a female gladiator, a victorious one at that,…
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The BBC has a very nice little slideshow of some of the skeletons from that dig at York which are claimed to be of gladiating victims. There’s actually some good stuff here, and since I can’t really embed the slideshow, I do want to make some comments (the numbers refer to the slide): 1. 60…
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Another journalist makes the trip to Rome to learn gladiating with the fine folks at Gruppo Storico Romano … this one’s actually a good read: Strap on your sword and sandals for gladiator school | Houston Chronicle.
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The BBC seems to be first off the mark with this one, and it will likely be picked up: Archaeologists in Herefordshire have uncovered the remains of what could possibly be a female gladiator. Amongst the evidence of a Roman suburb in Credenhill, they have found the grave of a massive, muscular woman. She was…
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