Rare Ancient Gladiatrix Statue – Fox News 4/18/12

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  • April 19, 2012 at 8:11 pm #107341
    AlexG
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    Thought I’d pass this news article along, click on the link for the full text w/ picture . . .

    Link: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/18/rare-ancient-statue-depicts-topless-female-gladiator/


    A small bronze statue dating back nearly 2,000 years may be that of a female gladiator, a victorious one at that, suggests a new study.

    If confirmed the statue would represent only the second depiction of a woman gladiator known to exist.

    The gladiator statue shows a topless woman, wearing only a loincloth and a bandage around her left knee. Her hair is long, although neat, and in the air she raises what the researcher, Alfonso Manas of the University of Granada, believes is a sica, a short curved sword used by gladiators. The gesture she gives is a “salute to the people, to the crowd,” Manas said, an action done by victorious gladiators at the end of a fight.

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    April 19, 2012 at 9:22 pm #107342
    unkn0wnx
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    Female gladiator topless? How you beat that?

    April 20, 2012 at 12:03 am #107344
    AlexG
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    Female gladiator topless? How you beat that?

    Not certain that’s even possible . . . :whistle:

    Next best might be a Mesopotamian stautette of a buffed Lioness-woman that was sold off a few yrs back.

    “I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
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    April 20, 2012 at 12:36 am #107345
    Weapon X
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    i DEMAND a TV series of that gladiator woman NAO!

    April 20, 2012 at 1:59 am #107346
    unkn0wnx
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    If I was a Roman emperor or noble, I create my own strong women wrestling league.

    April 20, 2012 at 10:11 am #107351
    philip
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    This is very interesting news.

    April 20, 2012 at 10:22 pm #107363
    AlexG
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    i DEMAND a TV series of that gladiator woman NAO!

    Interesting idea. I don’t get the STARZ channel, but I wonder if the “Spartacus” series has any gladiatrix characters in it, even if only in cameo format.

    The subject of women Gladiators was covered indepth in Gladiatrix, a Discovery channel documentray that was on several yrs back.

    “I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
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