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The Romans of the Classical period had no specific word for female gladiators as a type or class. [1] The earliest reference to a woman gladiator as gladiatrix is by a scholiast in the 4th–5th century, who mockingly wonders whether a woman undergoing training for a performance at the ludi for the Floralia, a festival known for racy performances by seminude dancers, wants to be a gladiatrix ...
Kalak: 2nd Champion of Rajaat, "Ogre Doom"; Male; Sorcerer-king of Tyr; Exterminated the ogre race in 1228 years. In the 2nd and 3rd editions Kalak was attempting to complete the ten-stage metamorphosis ritual to become a dragon by constructing a ziggurat that would harness the life-energy of his city-state's citizens.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. A retiarius ("net fighter") with a trident and cast net, fighting a secutor (79 AD mosaic). There were many different types of gladiators in ancient Rome. Some of the first gladiators had been prisoners-of-war, and so some of the earliest types of gladiators were experienced fighters ...
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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
More than two decades after Gladiator hit theaters, the sequel is making its highly-anticipated debut. Ridley Scott’s 2000 historical epic follows Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) who is ...
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Duibne - attested as Dovinia in Archaic Irish and preserved in the name of the Corcu Duibne [46] Ériu, Banba & Fódla - tutelary triumvirate of goddesses, sisters, eponymous for Ireland (mainly Ériu) Ernmas; Étaín - the heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne; Ethniu (Ethliu) - the daughter of the Fomorian leader Balor and the mother of Lugh; Fand ...