An era comes to an end: after fighting actively as a gladiatrix for 20 years, of which 19 with LVDVS NEMESIS, I had my last fight today and received the rudis as a sign of the retired gladiator. Now I'll focus on the more theoretical stuff and continue my research esp. on female gladiators.

2016 hat Imogen Herrad eine Sendung über römische Spektakel für Bayern Alpha gemacht, wo ich die Ehre hatte als Expertin für Gladiatoren mit zu machen. Wurde 2022 noch einmal ausgestrahlt und zu hören immer noch in der Mediathek: www.br.de/mediathek/po...

Still on our bucket list to visit as Cologne is not too far away from us.

Ich liebe Gesellschaftsspiele und hab auch in einer römischen Living History Darstellung mich mit diesem Thema beschäftigt. Nach dem Kämpfen muss man sich ja irgendwie beschäftigen 😃 Danke an @missjonestravel.bsky.social für diese tolle Übe ersicht über Spiele.

This brings back fond memories of our wonderful vacation on Kos last year.

Preview: my article about Gladiators in the Legions will be published in @ancientwarfare.bsky.social magazine issue 103! 😃 #ancientrome #ancientwarfaremagazine #gladiators #romanlegion #amphitheater #amphitheatre

Die Episode vom Epochentrotter-Podcast über das Ende der Gladiatur, wo ich zu Gast war, ist auf Archäologie Online verlinkt 😊 www.archaeologie-online.de/podcasts/pod...

The relief of Amazon and Achillia at the British Museum. The helmets are the objects at the left and right bottom so you can see the hairdo of the two fighters.

The ‘Boxer at Rest’- a wonderful bronze statue which was discovered in 1885 on the south slope of the Quirinal Hill in Rome. Dating to the 1st century BC, the statue is part of the collections at the Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in Rome. 📸 own #FindsFriday

I love those tiles with animal foot prints

It makes me furious to see that @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social is still claiming this to be a gladiator (=person who fought another person thus not animal in a duell for entertainment). It could've been a venator (=person fighting animals for entertainment). 1/2

Ich war das zweite Mal zu Gast beim Geschichtspodcast Epochentrotter, diesmal zum Thema Ende der Gladiatur: epochentrotter.de/podcast/das-...

Op de Limburgse Archeologie Dag 2025 in het Limburgs Museum is een #beker met inscriptie #FLAC gekozen als Limburgse #Topvondst. #Archeologen groeven de beker in 2024 op in een Romeins graf op het Raadhuisplein in #Heerlen. www.heerlen.nl/in-heerlen-o...

Bij de abdij van #Rolduc in Zuid-Limburg hebben archeologen nu ook steenbrokken gevonden van mogelijk de #Romeinse #villa waar ze naar speurden. Vanwege een beperkt budget konden de #archeologen niet verder graven en zijn de stenen weer afgedekt. parkstadactueel.nl/2025/04/04/v...

PREVIEW: op 18 april komt de volgende nummer het Archeologie Magazine. Met trots kan ik zeggen dat het ook een artikel van mij over vrouwelijke gladiatoren bevat. archeologieonline.nl/archeologie-... #gladiatrix #gladiatrices #archeologie #archaeology #independentresearcher

Es ist schon wieder zwei Jahre her, dass ich zu Gast war beim Podcast Epochentrotter und über Gladiatorinnen gesprochen hab: epochentrotter.de/podcast/glad...

My latest acquisitions: Xantener Berichte Bd. 49 contains two articles about gladiator helmets. The first about a brim from Nijmegen and a cheek piece from Xanten which might have belonged to the same helmet. The second is about the Berlin helmet. 1/2 #gladiatorhelmet #gladiator

IO SATVRNALIA to all my Roman friends

Bedankt @jonalendering.bsky.social dat ik weer een stukje voor jouw blog mocht schrijven.

A terracotta #Roman oil lamp (with the nozzle broken off), decorated with the image of a gladiatorial fight. On the left, a victorious gladiator stands raising his shield high over his defeated opponent, who lies prone on the ground (but still holding his sword!) 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology

I admired this piece when I visited the Vindolanda site and museum in 2017.

Met CORBVLO meegedaan als figurant bij de Cena Romana in het museumcafé van @galloromeinsmuseum georganiseerd door Classici Lovaniensis van de KU Leuven #gladiator #romeinen

I'm proud that my article 'Gladiators and the Roman Army' got published in the latest issue of Journal for Roman Military Equipment Studies Vol. 23/24 2022/23.

Five gladiatorial reliefs on the premises of Bodrum castle which houses also the Archaeological Underwater Museum. The reliefs were scattered in the court yard with no indication of the time period and original finding place. Pic. 1: scissor/arbelas Pic. 2: fragmented heavy retiarius (Part 1/2)

House of the Gladiators in Kos Town. The mosaic dates to the 2nd/3rd century and is in a small room being part of a mosaic ehich also shows one venator against a beast. It shows two pairs of gladiators: (Part 1/4)

Leuk blog stukje over Halloween door Hans Overduin (posthum) op Jonas blog.

Going to die on that hill, but not every ancient #theatre necessarily is an #Amphitheatre. 🤷‍♂️🏺

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3.035.569!

The helmet on front is a model without decoration. But you see in the background one crest of another helmet elaborately decorated. But good question, what happened to the gladiators. Could they all escape this natural catastrophy?

Some stills of my fight against PRISCVS from LVDVS ARS GLADIATORIA at the Römerfest in Augusta Raurica. Video made by @syrius_gladiator #gladiators #gladiatorcombat #gladiatorfight #provocator

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Five years ago I published this article about gladiators as soldiers in Ancient Warfare Vol. XIII Issue 1. On this topic more is to come. #gladiators #independentresearcher #ancientrome #ancientwarfare

Some more pics of kids training at LRE XV. Not only boys participated but also girls, actually more girls than boys 😃 Photos made with Francis' camera #romanreenactment #romanreenactors #gladiatortraining #gladiator #gladiatrix #gladiators #gladiatoren #lrexv

Giving basic gladiatorial training to the kids at Late Roman Event XV. When there is no palus around, substitute it with a hasta. 😃 Photo by Insta account @varianvs.official #romanreenactment #romanreenactors #gladiator #gladiators #gladiatoren #gladiatortraining #lrexv #lateromanevent

Part 1/2: Herewith my last post about the exhibition "Göttinnen & Gattinnen". It is accompanied by an interesting catalog which is available in German only. For those who can read German I show you here the contents of this book.

Rom Die Welt des Antiken #Rom, sie hat vor allem funktioniert, weil die harte und schwere Arbeit von #Sklaven gemacht wurde. Ein Thema, das oft aus dem Blickfeld gerät - dass eben nicht alles gut war. Ein Blick auf #Sklaverei in #Pompeji: www.miss-jones.de/2024/07/19/d...

Part 1/4: today I look at MEDVSA from the exhibition 'Göttinnen & Gattinnen Fig. 1: salve pot from Rhodes dating around 600 BC. The Medusa head is shown as a monster with big eyes, row of teeth with fangs and tongue hanging out. It was supposed to protect the contents of the pot.

Another object seen at the temporary exhibition 'Göttinnen & Gattinnen' (Goddesses & Consorts) is this jointed doll showing a girl holding a pelta shield. It is not clear if it represents a young Amazon or a girl participating in a weapons dance in the cult of Artemis.

Very nice motive of a winning gladiator standing over his defeated opponent. I don't recall having this seen before.

At the Altes Museum in Berlin is a temporary exhibition 'Goddesses & Consorts' (Göttinnen & Gattinnen) which runs until 16 March 2025. I show here two objects, the vase painting and the relief, showing Atalante fighting against Peleus at funeral games of king Pelias. The fight looks like a draw.

Reliëf van twee gladiatoren gevonden in Maastricht en te zien in het nieuw geopend Maastricht Museum in Centre Céramique. Ik ben er blij dat de juiste type gladiator, namelijk essedarius, in de tekst vermeld is. #gladiator #gladiatoren #gladiators #maastricht #maastrichtmuseum #archeologie

Kampf von mir als Thraex gegen meinen Mann als Hoplomachus im Rahmen der Jubiläumsfeierlichkeiten der I. Roemercohorte Opladen. #gladiator #gladiatoren #gladiators #gladiatorenkampf #gladiatorcombat

Gladiatorenkampf zw. mir als Murmillo und meinem Mann ala Hoplomachus im Rahmen der Feierlichleiten zum 40-jährigen Vereinsjubiläum dee I. Roemercohorte Opladen auf Villa Borg. #gladiator #gladiatorenkampf #gladiatorcombat

Three years ago the article which I had co-written with Wim van Broekhoven was published in Ancient History magazine. It's about all the hand signs in the arena. #gladiators #romanhistory #ancientrome

Graffiti of #gladiators apparently made by children who had seen such scenes at #Pompeii ’s amphitheatre are among the latest discoveries in the ruins of the ancient Roman city: www.theguardian.com/world/articl... via @theguardian.bsky.social 🏺

Binnenkort opent in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden een expositie over Romeinse villa's in Limburg. Wie woonden daar eigenlijk? mainzerbeobachter.com/2024/04/20/e...

Hiermee het laatste deel over dikke gladiatoren op de blog van @jonalendering.bsky.social

Ik heb een blgstukje bijgedraagen aan de reeks Wegen naar Rome @wegennaarrome.bsky.social die een onderdeel uitmaken van de Week van de Klassieken

Hiermee de derde deel van mijn myth buster over dikke gladiatoren op de blog van @jonalendering.bsky.social

Hier komt de tweede bijdrage over dikke gladiatoren op de blog van @jonalendering.bsky.social Jona Lendering