distinguished women as well. Therefore it was henceforth forbidden for any women, no matter what her origin, to fight in single combat. CIG 6855: A relief with an inscription. From Halicarnassus. Now in the British Museum. ΑΠΕΛΥΘΗΣΑΝ ΑΜΑΖΩΝ ΑΧIΛΛIΑ Amazon and Achillia were granted a reprieve. Gladiators in Epigraphy A Few Useful Epigraphic Abbreviations the D.M. = Dis Manibus, “to blessed soul” the well-deserving” B.M. = bene merenti, “to Ñ = natiōne, “by nation” RET = retiarius, “netter” a heavily-armed gladiator M = myrmillo, = PUGNAR pugnarum, “of contests” D = dies, “days” ANN = annōs, “years” made F = fēcit, “(s)he [this memorial]” V. = vīcit “he conquered, won”
distinguished women as well. Therefore it was henceforth forbidden for any women, no matter what her origin, to fight in single combat. CIG 6855: A relief with an inscription. From Halicarnassus. Now in the British Museum. ΑΠΕΛΥΘΗΣΑΝ ΑΜΑΖΩΝ ΑΧIΛΛIΑ Amazon and Achillia were granted a reprieve. Gladiators in Epigraphy A Few Useful Epigraphic Abbreviations D.M. = Dis Manibus, “to the blessed soul” B.M. = bene merenti, “to the well-deserving” Ñ = natiōne, “by nation” RET = retiarius, “netter” M = myrmillo, a heavily-armed gladiator PUGNAR = pugnarum, “of contests” D = dies, “days” ANN = annōs, “years” F = fēcit, “(s)he made [this memorial]” V. = vīcit “he conquered, won”
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