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How the gladiators inspired evangelicals’ sense of persecution

  • Written by Cavan W. Concannon, Professor of Religion and Classics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
How the gladiators inspired evangelicals’ sense of persecutionJean-Simon Berthelemy's 1773 painting 'Death of a Gladiator.'Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images

With the release of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II,” audiences will be plunged back into the cinematic excitement of the Roman amphitheater so vividly captured in its predecessor, “Gladiator.”

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