Roman historian Suetonius records that the emperor Domitian made female gladiators fight ... sight of two warriors fighting each other. But for a spectator, a day at the arena was much more ...

Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first century – so famous that free men queued to take their chances in the arena ... on watching men and women fight to the death.

It comes at an exciting time for the club and the women’s game, with Gladiators having moved to a new arena at PlaySport in 2023, and welcoming record crowds to their matches, underlining a ...

There were also andabatae or blindfolded fighters, and gladiatrices or female gladiators ... would actually enter the arena and fight, though these were staged battles using wooden weapons ...

Caledonia Gladiators receive the trophy following their win at the Utilita Arena Caledonia Gladiators lifted the women's Super League Basketball Betty Codona Trophy with a thrilling victory over ...