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    Damnatio ad bestias (Latin for "condemnation to beasts") was a form of Roman capital punishment where the condemned person was killed by wild animals...
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    the Christians as a whole". Acts of the Martyrs Christian martyrs Damnatio ad bestias Hellenistic religion Interpretatio graeca Martyrdom of Polycarp New-martyr...
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  • bestiarii: the first were those condemned to death via the beasts (see damnatio ad bestias) and the second were those who faced them voluntarily, for pay or...
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    Gas chamber Beheading Stoning Ancient and Post-classical methods Damnatio ad bestias Blood eagle Blowing from a gun Brazen bull Boiling Breaking wheel...
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    Gas chamber Beheading Stoning Ancient and Post-classical methods Damnatio ad bestias Blood eagle Blowing from a gun Brazen bull Boiling Breaking wheel...
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    intended as Christian martyrs sentenced to death by beasts (see damnatio ad bestias). The Victory of Faith is one of several paintings by Hare showing...
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    tradition holds that Saint Bartholomew was flayed before being crucified. In 202 AD, Saint Charalambos was reportedly tortured mercilessly aged 113 during the...
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    Gas chamber Beheading Stoning Ancient and Post-classical methods Damnatio ad bestias Blood eagle Blowing from a gun Brazen bull Boiling Breaking wheel...
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    first martyr in Asia Minor, who was roasted to death in a brazen bull in 92 AD.[betterĀ sourceĀ needed] The device is claimed to have still been in use two...
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  • Gas chamber Beheading Stoning Ancient and Post-classical methods Damnatio ad bestias Blood eagle Blowing from a gun Brazen bull Boiling Breaking wheel...
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