4th July 2010, 07:31 PM
To be fair... it does seem to be the BBC who have created the Gladiator..
See this new article here:
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/bija/roman...-gladiator
and this quote from the Director...
See this new article here:
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/bija/roman...-gladiator
and this quote from the Director...
Quote:The Female Gladiator?
The BBC reported yesterday that the burial could possibly be that of a female gladiator.
This is highly unlikely, according to Robin Jackson. He said: “There are no weapons buried in the grave with her, nor are there any icons that gladiators often had buried with them. There isn't even any evidence of an arena at Kenchester, so there is no evidence suggesting this was a female gladiator.”
So there are few similarities between the strong woman buried near Hereford and the grave of the female gladiator excavated in London near the Roman arena.
Is there a more rational explanation for this female burial near Hereford?
At this stage, very little can be said with certainty but Mr Jackson would bet money on her not being a female gladiator: “That is very unlikely,” he said. “A much more likely explanation is that she was born into a peasant family in Roman-occupied Britain, but then made a good marriage and was buried in a well made coffin.”