Rare bronze statue of female gladiator found in German museum

[superpatriotman]

A new study suggests that a rare statue of a gladiator is housed in a German museum. The catch: the warrior may be a woman.

In the International Journal of the History of Sport, Alfonso Manas of the University of Granada argues that the evidence indicates that this is "the second piece of visual evidence we have of female gladiators."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/18/rare-bronze-statue-of-top_n_1435121.html

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Or possibly a statue of a man getting ready to hack off his moobs.

But I think it probably is a warrior woman.

[xchrom]

2. interesting. nt

[Xyzse]

3. There were Women Warriors in History

Even the Sabine women who were taken were warriors before they got taken advantage of.
So it would not be a surprise if there were female gladiators.

[safeinOhio]

4. Key to

early mud wrestling.

[Kaleva]

6. "What part of 'sudden death' didn't you understand?"

[felix_numinous]

5. More rare: women warriors being recognized. nt

[Dokkie]

7. Female gladiator?

lol, my guess is that it is something fashioned by a male gladiator to wank off during downtime. Or maybe there is a female league cos I find it hard for a woman to compete with men in physical combat.

[Uncle Joe]

9. As gladiators, they may have been pitted against other women or wild animals.

Although I wouldn't entirely eliminate the possibility of some form of woman/man match up.

[K Gardner]

8. Pfft.. I knew that already. There was one on Spartacus this season.

[NV Whino]

10. Xena!

[Liberal Veteran]

11. Brienne, Maid of Tarth! - nt

[AsahinaKimi]

12. I think this is rather

cool, actually.