Were there female gladiators? (via Bad Ancient)

Did Romans watch women fight to the death in the Arena?

by Alexandra Sills, 5 July 2021

We have both literary and archaeological evidence for female gladiators in the Roman world, but the evidence is sparse, often vague, and usually misleading if taken out of context. A female gladiator is now often referred to as a gladiatrix, but this word is not attested in ancient literature… Read more at Bad Ancient