Gladiatrix
Subtitle: the true story of history's unknown woman warrior
By: Amy Zoll.
Edition: Berkley Boulevard trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Berkley Boulevard Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Boadicea, Queen, d. 62; Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- London; Women soldiers -- England -- London; Gladiators -- England -- London; Romans -- England -- London; Women soldiers -- Rome; Queens -- Great Britain; London (England) -- Antiquities, Roman; Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D; London (England) -- History -- To 1500
Description: "These may be the only remains of a gladiator ever found. The evidence that they were female not only made history, but changed it, giving a new understanding of the role of women in Roman society. Was it really possible for a woman to have embraced masculine virtues and acquired masculine skills - and to have been encouraged to revel in the blood-and-death spectacle of gladiatorial combat?".

"Gladiatrix enters this startling new world for the first time. It also unearths the inspirations for these warrior women of Rome - the legend of the Amazons and the true story of Boudica, the Warrior Queen who almost brought the Roman Empire to its knees. And it re-creates the startling life of a female outcast who lived and died like no other, to become history's most remarkable sister-in-arms."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-254) and index.