Film and TV might lead the modern viewer to see women as passive parts of the Roman games ... ancient sources. The literary and material evidence collectively proves that the Roman arena ...

Gladiators fighting lions is among the more enduring images of the arenas of ancient Rome ... someone else who died fighting a lion in a Roman arena. But experts say it does reveal a richer ...

Katniss Everdeen returns to the big screen Friday in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, and though she left the arena behind ... that women may indeed have fought in the Roman games—though ...

However, an ancient mosaic discovered in the Roman villa at Casale ... a discus or holding weights, and two women are seen playing a ball game, potentially an early form of volleyball.