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Medusa Gladiatrix
@medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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Female gladiator reenactor and independent researcher on everything gladiatorial. Speak German, English, Dutch, and a bit of French, Spanish, Italian
Find my written work on https://independent.academia.edu/MedusaGladiatrix
#gladiators #gladiatoren #ancie
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medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
Oh wie schön 😍
juliapuehringer.bsky.social Julia Pühringer @juliapuehringer.bsky.social · 26d
Und habt's ihr mitgekriegt, dass in Hallstatt eine unfassbare schöne uralte Kamee aus Onyx mit Medusenhaupt gefunden worden ist.

Ich bin total verzaubert.
Presse: Die Medusa von Hallstatt - ooekultur.at
Presseunterlagen zum Sensationsfund aus der Römerzeit
www.ooekultur.at
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
Ich freu mich auf die nächste Antike Welt und bin stolz, dass ich einen Artikel in dieser Zeitschrift veröffentlichen darf.

#publizieren #publishing #research #independentresearch #gladiators #halicarnassus
Vorschau mit Cover der folgenden Ausgabe mit Markierung um meinen Artikel
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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.
Summa rudis (referee) is holding his rod between the two gladiators to open the fight. Two gladiators of the provocator type blocking each other with their shields. Two gladiators of the provocator type trying to find a gap in the defence of their opponent swords ready to strike Gladiator holding the wooden sword with the name Medusa on it
September 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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...
Brot und Spiele - Gladiatoren und andere Vergnügungen im alten Rom - Radiowissen | BR Podcast
Wagenrennen und Gladiatorenkämpfe begeisterten im alten Rom die Massen und gelten heute oft als Zeichen für eine dekadente, unpolitische Öffentlichkeit. Doch Spiele in Rom waren immer auch Politik. (...
www.br.de
August 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
Still on our bucket list to visit as Cologne is not too far away from us.
drnwillburger.bsky.social Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Aug 16
#RomanSiteSaturday: the #Roman burial chamber of a wealthy family in Cologne-Weiden. The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century AD. It's considered the best preserved of its kind north of the Alps. It was discovered... 🧵 1/2

#archaeology 🏺
A Roman burial chamber with stone walls and arched niches. Marble busts are placed in recessed alcoves on both sides, while a decorated sarcophagus stands in the center, carved with figures in relief. The room is dimly lit
August 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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.
August 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
This brings back fond memories of our wonderful vacation on Kos last year.
roamintheempire.bsky.social RoaminTheEmpire @roamintheempire.bsky.social · Aug 2
#RomanSiteSaturday; the odeon of Kos. Constructed in the late 1st or early 2nd century CE, it seems to have replaced an earlier assembly building, perhaps the bouleuterion. It is estimated to have had a capacity of about 750 spectators.

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺
August 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
Preview: my article about Gladiators in the Legions will be published in @ancientwarfare.bsky.social magazine issue 103! 😃

#ancientrome #ancientwarfaremagazine #gladiators #romanlegion #amphitheater #amphitheatre
Cover page of Ancient Warfare magazine issue 103 Screenshot from the website of Ancient Warfare magazine with the list of the special feature articles with mine highlighted.
July 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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...
Podcasts
Archäologie Online - die neue Seite der Archäologie
www.archaeologie-online.de
July 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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.
drjeball.bsky.social Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · Jul 2
#Roman relief showing two female gladiators in the middle of combat; the Greek inscription names them as Achilia & Amazon. They are shown fighting in the same kind of kit as male gladiators, apart from helmets which neither is wearing 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
July 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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kpw1453.bsky.social
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
June 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
I love those tiles with animal foot prints
drnwillburger.bsky.social Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · May 27
For #TilesOnTuesday large dog's paw prints on a #Roman tile. I can totally picture animals walking on tiles before they were fired!

On display at Hegau Museum Singen

📷 me

🏺 #archaeology #RomanArchaeology
This photo shows a fragments of tile with a clear paw print impression. The print includes four visible toe pads and a larger central pad, with claw marks extending from each toe.
May 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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).

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April 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
Ich war das zweite Mal zu Gast beim Geschichtspodcast Epochentrotter, diesmal zum Thema Ende der Gladiatur:

epochentrotter.de/podcast/das-...
Das Ende der Gladiatoren. Untergang des römischen Spektakels
epochentrotter.de
April 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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dearcheoloog.bsky.social
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...
In Heerlen opgegraven Romeinse beker uitgeroepen tot Limburgse Topvondst 2025
Tijdens de Limburgse Archeologie Dag 2025 in het Limburgs Museum is de beker met inscriptie FLAC verkozen tot Limburgse Topvondst! Deze unieke vondst, in 2024 opgegraven op het Raadhuisplein in Heerle...
www.heerlen.nl
April 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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dearcheoloog.bsky.social
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...
"Villa Rolduc: Een Romeins Geheim onder de Aarde"
Ontdek de betekenis van Villa Rolduc, waar archeologen Romeinse resten hebben gevonden tijdens opgravingen.
parkstadactueel.nl
April 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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
Titelpagina van Archeologie Magazine nummer 2/25 Screenshot van webpagina met de blurb van mijn artikel
March 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
Es ist schon wieder zwei Jahre her, dass ich zu Gast war beim Podcast Epochentrotter und über Gladiatorinnen gesprochen hab:

epochentrotter.de/podcast/glad...
Gladiatorinnen. Frauen in der Arena
epochentrotter.de
March 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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.

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#gladiatorhelmet #gladiator
Cover of the book Xantener Berichte vol 49 showing a painted reconstruction of a gladiator helmet Cover of the Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle showing a mosaic of two gladiators fighting
February 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
IO SATVRNALIA to all my Roman friends
December 17, 2024 at 6:48 PM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
Bedankt @jonalendering.bsky.social dat ik weer een stukje voor jouw blog mocht schrijven.
jonalendering.bsky.social Jona Lendering @jonalendering.bsky.social · Dec 15
In de tuin van het kasteelmuseum in Bodrum, het antieke Halikarnassos, staan enkele reliëfs van gladiatoren. @medusagladiatrix.bsky.social ging een kijkje nemen.

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December 15, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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drjeball.bsky.social
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
December 2, 2024 at 8:22 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
I admired this piece when I visited the Vindolanda site and museum in 2017.
drjeball.bsky.social Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · Nov 24
Part of a #Roman glass vessel, painted with a gladiatorial combat scene. These pieces were found at Vindolanda, where it ended up after being brought to Roman Britain from the Rhineland. Lets hope that the excavators at Vindolanda find more pieces of it some day! 🏺 AncientBlueSky #Archaeology
November 25, 2024 at 6:11 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
Met CORBVLO meegedaan als figurant bij de Cena Romana in het museumcafé van @galloromeinsmuseum georganiseerd door Classici Lovaniensis van de KU Leuven

#gladiator #romeinen
Gladiator standing next to Roman legate Gladiator standing in basic stance in front of a painting of a Roman street scene
November 14, 2024 at 5:20 AM
medusagladiatrix.bsky.social
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.
Cover page of the journal Title page of my article Double page of my article with three color photos.
November 6, 2024 at 6:02 AM