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Rome's Naked Girl Gladiators - story illustration by Howell Dodd
Owner: Brian Emrich

Comment posted on 4/6/2024

Davide G. said:

Thank you for the interesting article! Actually, what I find absurd�is not so much the presence of female gladiators in Rome (or in general of female warriors in ancient times), but the fact that these ones look like Playboy Bunnies straight out of an issue from the '50s ; )

That is a reflection of the time so for me not surprising. The surprise was the attire being as accurate as it was. Apart from the artistic license of removing helmets. Alas I could not quite make out the text that goes with it,

Rome's Naked Girl Gladiators - story illustration by Howell Dodd
Owner: Brian Emrich

Comment posted on 4/2/2024

Davide G. said:

Must admit that the absurdity of this image doesn't detract from�the masterful rendition of the feminine beauty 😜

The thing is though there were female Gladiators, many of them freeborn Roman Citizens. They also wore the same gear as the men. That is bare-chested. Indeed a law was passed in 11AD banning Freeborn women from competing in the arena

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/35/female-gladiators-in-ancient-rome/

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