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From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James J. O'Donnell)
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Subject: Re: Christians Eaten by Lions
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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 18:54:46 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <016f01c10801$078aa200$c7972140@wagonlanding> from "Mike Sullivan" at Jul 8, 2001 05:55:04 pm
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yep, no lions, no Colosseum.  

Jim O'Donnell
Classics, U. of Penn
jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

Mike Sullivan wrote:
> 
> But wasn't that in North Africa, so not the Collosseum?
> 
> Mike Sullivan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James J. O'Donnell" <jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
> To: <classics@u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Christians Eaten by Lions
> 
> 
> > have a look at the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis, sec. 18-21, the end:
> > wild beasts but no lions, but definitely Christians.
> >
> > Jim O'Donnell
> > Classics, U. of Penn
> > jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
> >
> > David Meadows wrote:
> > >
> > > At 02:42 PM 08/07/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >A little help please. Last night at a dinner party I bobbled the
> "Christians
> > > >eaten by lions in the Colosseum" discussion. Truth? Fact? Timing?
> Setting?
> > > >Can someone please provide me with a canned answer to this and then Al
> can
> > > >put it in his Big Book. I am sure I will have more requests like this
> in the
> > > >near future.
> > >
> > >
> > > FWIW, I've been trying to figure this one out myself; there are quite a
> few
> > > sites on the web, e.g., which claim the popular belief has no historical
> > > evidence to back it up (or rather, they were done in at the Circus
> > > Maximus), e.g.:
> > >
> > > http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/rome/Colosseum.html
> > > http://www.garethpatterson.com/Colosseum/colosseum.htm
> > > http://www.epinions.com/content_20970376836
> > > http://www.baptiststandard.com/2000/5_29/pages/cyber.html
> > >
> http://dest.travelocity.com/DestGuides/0,1840,TRAVELOCITY%7C2161%7C3%7C1%7C2
> 29336%7Cattraction_id%7C26895,00.html
> > > http://www.williston.k12.nd.us/larsen/Unit7%20Religion/Rel43.htm
> > > http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/9923/italy.htm
> > >
> > > So perhaps a rewriting of Dr. J's question might be "When did the
> popular
> > > belief about Christians and lions and the Colosseum start?"
> > >
> > > dm
> > >
> >
> 

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