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Surprising but true: threads connect #gladiators, Christian martyrs, and the sense of persecution among U.S. evangelicals today. A professor of #religion and #classics explains: theconversation.com/how-the-gl…
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How the gladiators inspired evangelicals’ sense of persecution
To early Christians, ancient gladiators were potent symbols of martyrdom, embodying virtue and bravery despite being enslaved.The Conversation
Gladiators as heroes? Not to everyone in ancient Rome. A classics professor explores how the two “Gladiator” films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their republic-minded Romans. theconversation.com/to-some-an…
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To some ancient Romans, gladiators were the embodiment of tyranny
Politicians like Cicero saw gladiators as vain and self-indulgent, while the true warriors engaged in wars of words.The Conversation
