Christians Given to the Lions in the Roman Amphitheater

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“More particularly was the new sect of Christians selected as the objects of vengeance. These people had already gained the intense dislike of Rome. The austerity of their manners, the severe tenets of their faith so opposed to the license of paganism, their customs and laws so antagonistic to the usages of the state, all combined to render them odious to the commonwealth."—Ridpath, 1885

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Rome, Roman, Christianity, Christian, lions, Amphitheater, amphitheatre, ampitheatre, Ampitheater, Christians

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Ridpath, John Clark Cyclopedia of Universal History (Cincinnati, OH: The Jones Brothers Publishing CO., 1885)

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