Skip The Line Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill Guided Tour, Rome
He slaughtered thousands of animals and boasted of winning more than 620 matches as a Secuter, a type of gladiator. Commodus’ fascination with strength and combat even led him to erect a statue of himself to resemble Hercules. Yes, Christians had been fed to half-starved lions, burned alive, and hacked to death, but the most interesting aspect of this was that the Christians who died in the Colosseum wanted to die there as martyrs. At that time in the Roman Empire, Christians had a option to sacrifice to the Roman gods or even have one particular of their slaves sacrifice...