All they needed to achieve these goals was to receive special permission from a person who arranged the fights. Thus, it has been argued that they were looking for attention, excitement, and notoriety. The women also didn't fight to earn money, as they were already very rich. However, it was also said that the senators disgraced themselves for watching the gladiatrix in the amphitheater.
According to Tacitus (56-117AD), they were hardly ever viewed by noble men, but at the same time, their fights were extremely popular. They were usually wealthy Roman women who liked to fight and treated it as a form of entertainment, a sport, or believed it a way to find a special role in society.
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It's quite possible that in later periods, women who were slaves fought in arenas, but the first Gladiatrix were free women who were looking for adventure. The main difference between male and female gladiators is that the women weren't slaves in the beginning.
( Public Domain ) A Symbol of Roman Vanity The Ludus magnus in Rome: barracks for gladiators built by Emperor Domitian (81–96 CE), view from Via Labicana. Women didn't use helmets usually to show their feminine hairstyles and as an obvious demonstration of the sex of the fighters. There are few male gladiators who didn't use the helmet, but it seems that in case of women, there was a different reason for not using it. The lack of helmets for most female gladiators also may be of interest. They also used a sword called the gladius, wore arm and lower leg protectors, and a body shield. In place of tunics they wore only a loincloth. Ancient reliefs depict the female gladiators as clothed and equipped similarly to the male gladiators, yet there were some significant differences.įirst of all, they did not wear helmets or tunics. In Rome, people liked to see their fights in arenas like the Colosseum, and believed them to be examples of the legendary Amazons from the east. However, decades of research have made it possible to finally confirm their existence and importance in the Ancient Roman culture of gladiator fights.įemale gladiators were often called ‘The Amazons’. Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (There is no tournament in this film).Female gladiators (gladiatrix) were just a thing of legend for many years. * Scott Pilgrim vs the World (a few females in fights, but never as a tournament) * Girlfight (2011) (this is an anti-bully film, the fight is shown as a plot device) Bloodrayne
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Please see these lists for movies not related to female tournament fighters: the best movie female mixed fight & dangerous and violent women, Females Fighting, įILMS THAT DO NOT MAKE THIS LIST: Battle Royale Films: (Movies where opponents, mostly known, hunt down each like other prey) Suggestions, additions, etc., please comment below.
It does not cover War films like Battle Royale & The Hunger Games or Quest/Assassin films like BloodRayne, Resident Evil, and La Femme Nikita. This list covers any and all fight scenes with females from movies, TV, and animation that held a tournament of some kind, even if it were for just a few scenes (like Bitch Slap). AKA: Girl Fight, Bitch Fight, Femmes Fatales As a producer of my own short fighting film,, I have become a resource for everything combat here on IMDB.
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