New gladiator find

[Paullus]

A piece of pottery depicting a new form of gladiator clothing was recently found:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20 ... r_arc.html

So, who's going to do one of these? :lol:

[john m roberts]

The Villa Borgherse mosaic shows gladiators fighting, and next to them those same winning gladiators after the fight, stripped to a jockstrap and waving their victory palms. Maybe that is what is depicted on this shard. There is also a statuette of what may be a female gladiator wearing a bikini bottom and waving something that looks like a palm frond, so perhaps this was a common post-contest practice.