The mosaic, recovered in 1860s Reims, France and dated to the third century CE, shows about 35 different gladiatorial and hunting scenes, each surrounded by diamond or square-shaped decorations.
When you think of a fight between an animal and a human in ancient Roman sports, the mental image is usually of a big man vs.
New study reveals women in Roman arenas fought wild beasts, with rare mosaic evidence extending their history by a century.
The image remained hidden for more than a century. A mosaic found in Reims (France) in 1860, destroyed during World War I and ...
A drawing by Jean Charles Loriquet, after he found the mosaic in 1860. It shows part of the mosaic with the leopard and ...
An incredible rediscovery in the archives has brought to light the only known visual representation of a female beast hunter fighting in the Roman arena. The 1,700-year-old mosaic from Reims, France, ...
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