The newly identified bronze statue reveals what may be a female gladiator standing in a victory pose, while looking down at what is presumably her fallen opponent.
CREDIT: Photo by Alfonso Manas, University of Granada
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To: DogByte6RER
“looking down at what is presumably her fallen opponent.”
That would most likely be her husband....
2 posted on
04/17/2012 7:27:52 PM PDT by
Breto
(The Establishment party is killing our country)
To: DogByte6RER
these were usually sideshow attractions, fighting dwarves and things in non-lethal combat. There were points in time I guess (it was a long-run empire) where it might have been more than just a show.
4 posted on
04/17/2012 7:30:04 PM PDT by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: DogByte6RER
5 posted on
04/17/2012 7:30:31 PM PDT by
GOP Poet
To: DogByte6RER; SunkenCiv
To: DogByte6RER
Depicted: LORENUS BOBITTUS hovers over her victim JOHNUS WAYNEUS BOBBITUS after discovering he attended a colombian brothel under the guise of doing advance work security for emperor OBAMUS
To: DogByte6RER
Maybe it’s just a depiction of a guy with man-boobs.
9 posted on
04/17/2012 7:34:18 PM PDT by
reagan_fanatic
(2012 isn't an election - it's a restraining order.)
To: DogByte6RER
OR... it could be the symbol for an abortion clinic.
10 posted on
04/17/2012 7:34:42 PM PDT by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: DogByte6RER
Wow! No one’s said a word about the fact that the chick only has one leg!
12 posted on
04/17/2012 7:35:54 PM PDT by
cincinnati65
(Romney is not MY candidate for President in 2012.)
To: DogByte6RER
Gladiator porn or gladiator with man boobs.
13 posted on
04/17/2012 7:36:24 PM PDT by
doc1019
(Romney will never get my vote!)
To: DogByte6RER
Looks like her opponent managed to take a hand off as well as a sizable chunk of leg.
14 posted on
04/17/2012 7:38:02 PM PDT by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: DogByte6RER
15 posted on
04/17/2012 7:38:28 PM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
To: DogByte6RER
17 posted on
04/17/2012 7:38:34 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: DogByte6RER
Where’s the Black Knight picture?
“’Tis but a scratch.”
25 posted on
04/17/2012 7:41:35 PM PDT by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DogByte6RER
"It's a mere flesh wound!"
To: DogByte6RER; a fool in paradise
To: DogByte6RER
What is that object in her hand?
29 posted on
04/17/2012 7:43:46 PM PDT by
Leo58
(Those who cheer you today will curse you tomorrow, the only thing that endures is character.)
To: DogByte6RER; SunkenCiv
That’s not a female gladiator, that’s Lorena the First, Queen of the Bobbits
39 posted on
04/17/2012 7:58:12 PM PDT by
BIGLOOK
To: DogByte6RER
`` Where`s my $47 dollars?``
41 posted on
04/17/2012 7:58:16 PM PDT by
bunkerhill7
(Tu habeasme cornibus!. Who knew?)
To: DogByte6RER
“See what you get for cutting off my hand, leg and foot, you witch?!”
42 posted on
04/17/2012 7:59:59 PM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
To: SunkenCiv
She does look like a bathing beauty with a strigil.
43 posted on
04/17/2012 8:01:30 PM PDT by
Ciexyz
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