THE GLADIATRIX WERE THE FEMALE EQUIVALENT OF THE ROMAN GLADIATOR, THAT FOUGHT OTHER GLADIATRIX OR WILD ANIMALS DURING RARE OCCURRENCES IN ARENA GAMES AND FESTIVALS. There are no defining Latin words from the Roman period for a Gladiatrix (a modern invention), and documented accounts or historical evidence is limited. To the Romans, combat involving Gladiatrix was a novel event (although contemporary accounts often report in a derogatory manner), in which the combatant would most likely be pitted against fighters of similar skill and capacity. According to the Roman poet, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, the Gladiatrix trained for gladiatura using the same...