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The Latin word "gladiator" means swordsman or musketeer. This name is derived from the sword called “gladius” used by gladiators. It is a fact that; In ancient Rome, not only men fought in arenas, but women also bled. Here are the unknowns about female gladiators… The bronze statue, which depicts a female gladiator from two thousand years ago, is strong evidence that women also descended into the arena during the Roman period. Located in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbein in Hamburg, Germany, the statue shows a half-naked gladiator woman making a victory sign after the fight she won. Wearing only a loincloth and a bandage on her left knee, the female warrior is staring at her dead opponent, who is probably lying on the ground. Although depictions of female gladiators are rare, they are known to exist. What is known for certain is that women fought, possibly perished, in the ancient Roman arena and were part of one of the most enduring images of the ancient world. Women who had the opportunity to watch gladiator games just like men from the early times, M.S. From the 1st century onwards, they began to fight in arenas, although not as common as male gladiators. Women also showed great interest in gladiator games, which attracted attention from all segments of society in Rome. Thanks to some written sources and finds, it is understood that women, like men, took sword and various martial training and went to the arena. Although most of the female gladiators were chosen from among the prisoners of war and slaves, there are sources that women from the noble families of Rome sometimes went to the arena. However, the Senate passed some laws that prohibited women from noble families from entering the arena. Did female gladiators fight dwarves? While male gladiators fighting against each other are seen as symbols of military power, female gladiators mean the destruction of this ideal. It is said that Emperor Domitian had female gladiators fight the dwarves in the arena. Here, there is a deviation from the rules of gladiatorial warfare and the Roman woman type. Romans see women as wives and mothers. Having them fight a child-sized dwarf in the arena is meant to shock the audience. It is said that Emperor Nero wanted to make the audience feel the shock of deviating from the traditional family ideal by making the Ethiopian families as a whole, together with their men, women and children, fight in the arena. heir of the amazons The female gladiators, the heirs of the Amazons, the legendary female warriors, fought topless. Two female warriors are depicted on a relief in Halicarnassus, near Bodrum, which was included in the ancient Greek civilization, and the words Akhillia and Amazon, the female version of the Greek mythological hero Achilles, are engraved below them. Each of them has a sword, shield, arm and calf armor. But for Juvenal, the eroticism of women fighting is ridiculous. Because their necks bend under the weight of their helmets, their armored legs lose their attractiveness.