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Remains May Be Of Female Gladiator

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From: AP Online
Date: 20000912
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
09-12-2000
Remains May Be Of Female Gladiator

LONDON (AP)-- No one knows her name, or how she died, but archaeologists are all but certain of one thing: she was a gladiator in Roman London.

And, from the evidence, a very popular one.

The existence of female gladiators in Roman times has long been known to historians, but now what are believed to be the first remains of one -- a young woman in her 20s, buried with high honors -- have been unearthed at a Roman cemetery in London.

The Museum of London displayed the evidence for the first time ...

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