February 12, 2022

Another nod to the competitions of old as we wade through another Olympics. Back in the days of coliseums and gladiators, there were female gladiators. Yes. Those beastly, killing, fighting machines. A female gladiator was called a gladiatrix, or gladiatrices, for several of them. They were rarer than their male counterparts. But “rare” did not […]

In a nod to the Winter Olympics, in which the United States seems to have limped through the start, I give you this historical fact. In the Ancient Olympics, athletes performed naked. Yes. Completely nakers. The athletes did this to imitate the Gods. Here is the thing. I did not know the Gods were nakers