In Ancient Rome where were the Christians executed?

smartie806

Roman and early medieval accounts refer to Christians being martyred in various vaguely described locations in Rome (in the amphitheatre, in the arena etc) but without specifying which; there were, in fact, numerous stadia, amphitheatres and circuses in Rome. Saint Telemachus, for instance, is often said to have died in the Colosseum, but Theodoret's account of his death merely states that it happened "in the stadium" (eis to stadio). Similarly, the death of Saint Ignatius of Antioch is recorded as having been in "the arena", without specifying which arena. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum#Christians_and_the_Colosseum Oct 16 06, 2:34 PM

romyko

In the coliseum. They were either left in there with lions to be ripped apart (OR) they were blindfolded and left to wander around while the Roman Guardsmen rode chariots with steel blades sticking out of the hubs of the chariot wheels. Oct 16 06, 4:12 PM

En_ki

smartie...Um....I believe that our friend who is asking the questions posed here, can go to wikipedia themselves and copy, word for word, as you did, the answer to their question. You should change your name to Plagiarist806 Can you believe some people!! Oct 19 06, 12:19 AM

wendypj

En_ki, I think you will find that most of the answers to these questions are found in wiki and many of the posters quote wiki directly to save time typing a response, hence the link below smarties answer. 'Plagiarism is the practice of (dishonestly) claiming or implying original authorship of material which one has not actually created, such as when a person incorporates material from someone else's work into his own work without attributing it'.......according to wiki!! I think you will find that by posting the link, Smartie is hardly guilty of not attributing recognition. ..and no; I can't believe some people! Oct 19 06, 12:46 AM

McGruff

It always helps to read the board rules. Oct 19 06, 10:32 PM

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