Myth: Christians were fed to lions in the Coliseum
01/01/07 00:00 Filed in: History
Christians were fed to lions in the
Coliseum
Myth
Popular culture and parts of the bible would have us believe that Christians were placed into the arena of the Coliseum while, presumably hungry and not very choosy lions would be sent in for a quick elevenses.
Reality
There is a not a single piece of contemporary evidence to support the idea that Christians and lions ever met for dinner, despite all the best efforts to find it. The idea that Romans fed Christians to lions is probably born out of anti-Romano propaganda some time after the event.
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