This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ancient city in what is now Turkey. . | Credit: Universal History Archive via Getty Images The Roman Empire ...

Some gladiators in ancient Rome were women who fought without helmets - and topless, boffins say. Historians have uncovered accounts of females taking part in VIP bouts for emperors and high-ranking ...

Here are five misconceptions which are sometimes held about the gladiators of Ancient Rome. The common image of the gladiator is of a man in particular being in the arena, as emphasized by ...

A Roman oil lamp shows two female gladiators fighting like men—strong visual proof women fought. An ordinary Roman oil lamp shows two gladiators with unmistakably female features, fighting in the same ...

Roman lawmakers took the unusual step of forbidding women from fighting as gladiators. The ban suggests a moment of moral panic, and possibly the clearest proof yet that female gladiators were a real ...

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 ...