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Relief of paired fighters Amazonia and Achillea, found at Halicarnassus, identified as women by their gendered names. The gladiatrix (pl.: gladiatrices) was a female gladiator of ancient Rome. Like their male counterparts, gladiatrices fought each other, or wild animals, to entertain audiences at games and festivals .
Eucharis was originally a slave, then a freedwoman, of the Roman woman Licinia. [6] In contrast to Greece, where only male actors were allowed, the Romans allowed female performers. However, many prestigious theatres still barred women actors, and the majority of actresses performed on smaller stages as mimae, pantomime dancer-actresses, which ...
"The revolt of the gladiatrices"), also known as Naked Warriors, is a 1974 gladiator exploitation film directed by Steve Carver and starring Margaret Markov and Pam Grier. Pam Grier and Margaret Markov portray female gladiators in ancient Rome, who have been enslaved and must fight for their freedom.
Roman mosaic depicting actors and an aulos player (House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii). The architectural form of theatre in Rome has been linked to later, more well-known examples from the 1st century BC to the 3rd Century AD. [1] The theatre of ancient Rome referred to a period of time in which theatrical practice and performance took place in ...
Ancient Greek actors (2 C, 9 P) R. Ancient Roman actors (22 P) Pages in category "Ancient actors" This category contains only the following page.
A gladiatrix is the female equivalent of the gladiator of ancient Rome. Gladiatrix or variants may refer to: Gladiatrix a fictional character "Gladiatrix", an episode of the TV series Birds of Prey; Gladiatrix (Гладиатрикс), the Russian title of the film The Arena "Gladiatrix", a song by Myrkur from the 2017 album Mareridt
C. Anna Campori; Cristiana Capotondi; Olga Capri; Flora Carabella; Francesca Cardinale; Lianella Carell; Eugenia Caruso; Myriam Catania; Simona Cavallari (actress)
15th-century portrayal of Iaia from a French translation of De mulieribus claris. Michel Corneille the Younger, Lala of Cyzicus Painting, Palace of Versailles, 1672. Iaia of Cyzicus (Greek: Ιαία της Κυζίκου), sometimes (incorrectly) called Lala or Lalla, or rendered as Laia or Maia, [1] was a Greek painter born in Cyzicus, Roman Empire, and relatively exceptional for being a ...