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Public Executions In The Arena
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CALLIOPA
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CALLIOPA
“Calliopa (Kalliopi) was a Christian saint of the third century AD. She was executed in 250, near the beginning of Emperor Decius' violent suppression of Christians in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
By the age of twenty-one (by third century standards a ripe age), Calliopa had already passed the age at which most girls marry. In fact she had no social prospects at all. She spent her days dedicated to her religion with little thought to social life. She hadn't been deemed ready for marriage even though she was obedient and met the criteria for marriage. When at last she seemed ready for marriage, many suitors asked for her hand. One pagan suitor sent word that were she to reject him in favor of another, especially a Christian, he would see to it that the pagan authorities would carry out their form of justice. Calliopa did not hesitate to not only deny this suitor, but made it plain that she would not marry him even if he were a Christian—such a conversion, she said, could not be reliably authentic.
This didn't bring her any more acclaim from the Romans who saw her as rebellious, not to mention that she was a Christian in a pagan land. The spurned suitor arranged for her to be brought before a magistrate, where she was accused of a variety of crimes ranging from a mockery of the pagan faith to treason against the state. The suitor paid a parade of witnesses to testify against Kalliope in order to destroy her reputation. She was deemed guilty, and the rejected suitor stepped forth to offer a withdrawal of the charges against her if she would disavow Christ and become his pagan bride. The alternative was torture, and if that didn’t bend her will, then it was death.
Taken to the public arena, she was bound to the post and tormented with red-hot pliers, then mercilessly flogged until her clothing and flesh were in tatters. Her nipples were cut off; her beautiful face was scarred with branding irons and salt was poured into her open wounds, and while the breath of life was still within her she was told to disavow Christ. When she refused she was beheaded.”
“Calliopa (Kalliopi) was a Christian saint of the third century AD. She was executed in 250, near the beginning of Emperor Decius' violent suppression of Christians in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
By the age of twenty-one (by third century standards a ripe age), Calliopa had already passed the age at which most girls marry. In fact she had no social prospects at all. She spent her days dedicated to her religion with little thought to social life. She hadn't been deemed ready for marriage even though she was obedient and met the criteria for marriage. When at last she seemed ready for marriage, many suitors asked for her hand. One pagan suitor sent word that were she to reject him in favor of another, especially a Christian, he would see to it that the pagan authorities would carry out their form of justice. Calliopa did not hesitate to not only deny this suitor, but made it plain that she would not marry him even if he were a Christian—such a conversion, she said, could not be reliably authentic.
This didn't bring her any more acclaim from the Romans who saw her as rebellious, not to mention that she was a Christian in a pagan land. The spurned suitor arranged for her to be brought before a magistrate, where she was accused of a variety of crimes ranging from a mockery of the pagan faith to treason against the state. The suitor paid a parade of witnesses to testify against Kalliope in order to destroy her reputation. She was deemed guilty, and the rejected suitor stepped forth to offer a withdrawal of the charges against her if she would disavow Christ and become his pagan bride. The alternative was torture, and if that didn’t bend her will, then it was death.
Taken to the public arena, she was bound to the post and tormented with red-hot pliers, then mercilessly flogged until her clothing and flesh were in tatters. Her nipples were cut off; her beautiful face was scarred with branding irons and salt was poured into her open wounds, and while the breath of life was still within her she was told to disavow Christ. When she refused she was beheaded.”
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
The look on her face, well done!
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BLANDINA OF LYON
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BLANDINA OF LYON
"Blandina was a Christian slave girl who was killed in 177 in Lyon during the same persecution to which also Perpetua and Felicitas fell victim. According to the legend, she was tortured on the rack and, when that did not break her spirit, presented in the arena to a pride of hungry lions (one of the oldest reports tells that she was crucified in the arena on a low cross). But the lions did not kill her. Then her tormentors took her down from the cross, threw her into the arena with only a net as clothing, and sent wild bulls against her. She was tossed about by the animals and grievously injured, but not killed. In the end the executioners had to use their swords."
"Blandina was a Christian slave girl who was killed in 177 in Lyon during the same persecution to which also Perpetua and Felicitas fell victim. According to the legend, she was tortured on the rack and, when that did not break her spirit, presented in the arena to a pride of hungry lions (one of the oldest reports tells that she was crucified in the arena on a low cross). But the lions did not kill her. Then her tormentors took her down from the cross, threw her into the arena with only a net as clothing, and sent wild bulls against her. She was tossed about by the animals and grievously injured, but not killed. In the end the executioners had to use their swords."
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FABIOLA (1949) by Alessandro Blasetti
(Start watching from 54:00)
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DAMNATIO AD BESTIAS
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A short video in Spanish language
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Shaun Brock,: “Martyr” (2009)
Waiting for the lions...
Waiting for the lions...
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A very nice and sad picture. Impressive!
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I think that most of the Christian martyrs were resigned to their fate. Some of them were even eager.
Thessela
Beloved slavegirl
...she is about to have a bad time at Scandals Resorts...She has no choice!
They will torture her by giving her a choice...
I can say no more...
Thessela
Beloved slavegirl
Nooooooo!
