17th June 2010, 06:11 PM
First time caller - Hi everybody!
This thread reminds me of the way the a production company ran with the idea that MoLAS had found a female gladiator in one of their excavations in Southwark. Their specialists and MoL curators had put forward a number of possible interpretations (follower of specific religion, originated from another province with different burial customs, perhaps even a priestess), the female gladiator idea being a throw-away comment along the lines of 'and you never know, she could have been a female gladiator hah hah'. Problem was, the TV company dropped the 'hah hah' bit and ran with the female gladiator story. The rest is (false) history!
This thread reminds me of the way the a production company ran with the idea that MoLAS had found a female gladiator in one of their excavations in Southwark. Their specialists and MoL curators had put forward a number of possible interpretations (follower of specific religion, originated from another province with different burial customs, perhaps even a priestess), the female gladiator idea being a throw-away comment along the lines of 'and you never know, she could have been a female gladiator hah hah'. Problem was, the TV company dropped the 'hah hah' bit and ran with the female gladiator story. The rest is (false) history!