When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ...

In the British Museum, a marble relief from ancient Rome captures two named female gladiators in full combat. This rare depiction may be the greatest surviving monument to women in the Roman arena.

This rare depiction may be the greatest surviving monument to women in the Roman arena. In the British Museum, a marble relief from ancient Rome captures two named female gladiators in full combat.