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Public Executions In The Arena

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PARASCEVA OF ROME CRUCIFIED AND WHIPPED

Parasheva (not to be confused with Parasceva of Ikonium) was born in Rome but was the daughter of the Greeks Agathon and Polytheia, Christians. Having become an itinerant preacher, Parasheva reached Greece. In the vicinity of Tessalonica she was arrested by pagans, taken to the Roman governor Tarasius and interrogated directly by him. Tarasius believed Parasceva to be a witch and ordered her to be placed on a cross and whipped for a long time until she agreed to sacrifice to the gods or he would condemn her to death. The soldiers carried out his order and added more torture, but to no avail: Parasceva would not bend. When the governor saw her resolve, he had her thrown into prison where she was nailed by the hands and feet, while a heavy stone was placed on her chest. The following day Parasheva was beheaded.

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Gabrieleknight: Apart from the lovely ladies getting tortured, I always look at the spectators on your arena scenes.
On your last images they look perfect. I love them laughing, mocking and cheering at the poor victims! Even looking directly at them! Amazing!
Thank you very much for sharing with us your awesome art!
 
Darkedge said:
Gabrieleknight: Apart from the lovely ladies getting tortured, I always look at the spectators on your arena scenes.
On your last images they look perfect. I love them laughing, mocking and cheering at the poor victims! Even looking directly at them! Amazing!
Thank you very much for sharing with us your awesome art!
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I personally like the condemned women being tortured while they are crucified. As a promoter for the arena's events, Tree knows you can sell tickets for the first day of her crucifixion but most won't by tickets for day 2.

@MICHELE PATRI knows it is more profitable to kill her on day 1 than pay a crew to come clean up after the second day...
 
AGATHA OF CATANIA IS CRUELLY TORTURED TO DEATH AS A CHRISTIAN REBEL

Agatha was a Christian virgin living in Catania, Sicily, at about 250 AD. When Emperor Decius tried to suppress the Christians by his edicts, a magistrate of Agatha's hometown who knew about her religion tried to blackmail her into granting him sexual favours. She refused, so was arrested and sent to a brothel for “education”; but she refused to serve the customers. Finally she was handed over to the torturers. She was flogged, tortured with irono hooks and torches, her breasts were crushed with tongs and then cut off, and finally she was rolled naked over hot coals and sharp potshards. She died from her wounds some hours later.

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DOROTHEA OF CAESAREA TORTURED TO DEATH WITH FLAMING TORCHES (tribute to Riodoro)

Dorothea was a young woman who at the end of the 3rd century lived in Caesarea, Cappadocia, a region in Asia Minor where one of the first Christian communities was flourishing. Having embraced faith in the Lord, from an early age she was distinguished by the amount of time she spent in prayer, the sacrifice of fasting and works of charity towards her neighbour.
In Caesarea at the time there was the persecutor of Christians, Sapritius, who, on learning of Dorothea's fame, imprisoned her to force her to offer sacrifices to the gods. Since the young woman, despite the threat of being burnt at the stake, remained steadfast in not abjuring her faith, Sapritius entrusted her to two other young women who, before her, had sacrificed Jesus in order to save their own lives: Crista and Calista. The persecutor's idea, however, backfired and the result was that Dorothea had them both converted to Christianity. The two young women thus suffered martyrdom before her.
Dorothea was consequently sentenced to death. What exactly was done to her is not quite clear; some reports mention burning with torches, whipping and breast torture, others dipping into boiling water.

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THE FEMALE FIGURE IN THIS PICTURE IS A PARTIAL MODIFICATION OF AN IMAGE PRODUCED WITH THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY THE UNRIVALLED ARTIST RIODORO. I HOPE HE DOESN'T MIND.
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JULITTA OF IKONIUM CRUCIFIED AND TORTURED

Julitta was a widow, from a wealthy family and of high lineage. She lived in Ikonium, a city in Lycaonia (today in Turkey) during Diocletian's persecution of Christians. Having converted to Christianity and fearing for herself and her son, she left her possessions and her city, fleeing with two handmaids and her son, Quirico. Discovered and captured on her way to Tarsus by order of the governor of Cilicia, Alexander, she was put under torture so that she would agree to sacrifice to the gods. Despite the torments, the woman refused to deny her faith. Presiding over the judgement was the governor Alexander himself. The repeated beatings inflicted on Julitta did not make her faith waver, but even surprisingly Quirico said, "I am a Christian too!". At these words, the governor hurled him onto the steps of the court, causing him to hit his head and killing him instantly. The mother was unperturbed, but remained in prayer, thanking the Lord that her son had preceded her into the glory of heaven. The governor Alexander, filled with anger, then handed her over to the executioner to be crucified, cruelly tortured and finally beheaded.

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JULITTA OF IKONIUM CRUCIFIED AND TORTURED

Julitta was a widow, from a wealthy family and of high lineage. She lived in Ikonium, a city in Lycaonia (today in Turkey) during Diocletian's persecution of Christians. Having converted to Christianity and fearing for herself and her son, she left her possessions and her city, fleeing with two handmaids and her three-year-old son Quirico. Discovered and captured on her way to Tarsus by order of the governor of Cilicia, Alexander, she was put under torture so that she would agree to sacrifice to the gods. Despite the torments, the woman refused to deny her faith. Presiding over the judgement was the governor Alexander himself, who held little Quirico on his knee. The repeated beatings inflicted on Julitta did not make her faith waver, but even surprisingly made the child say: "I am a Christian too!". At these words, the governor hurled the child onto the steps of the court, causing him to hit his head and killing him instantly. The mother was unperturbed, but remained in prayer, thanking the Lord that her son had preceded her into the glory of heaven. The governor Alexander, filled with anger, then handed her over to the executioner to be crucified, cruelly tortured and finally beheaded.

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She has a halo in the second picture, so whatever they do is acceptable!!!
 
CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA TORTURED ON THE WHEEL

Catherine of Alexandria (died c. early 4th century, Alexandria, Egypt; feast day November 25) was one of the most popular early Christian martyrs. She is the patron of philosophers and scholars and is believed to help protect against sudden death. According to legend, she was an extremely learned young girl of noble birth, possibly a princess. She protested the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Maxentius. During her subsequent torture, she professed that she had consecratedher virginity to Jesus Christ, her spouse, and was sentenced to death. The spiked wheel by which she was to be killed broke when she touched it (whence the term Catherine wheel), and she was then beheaded.

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BONOSA OF PORTUS ROMANUS IS PUBLICLY SCOURGED

In the year 207 A.D., the emperor Severus took power. Christians were persecuted for the fifth time since Nero, among them the noble virgin Bonosa, a Christian since infancy. She was arrested, brought before the emperor and interrogated. She rejected the worship of the gods and proclaimed her faith in Christ. The emperor ordered her to be sent to prison, without bread or water for seven days. In prison the virgin prayed God, asking for her body to be preserved from the enemy. After the seventh day, the emperor, surprised to find her alive, asked her who gave her bread; she quoted Matthew 4:4 about the word of God as food. The emperor ordered her to be stripped and beaten. As she endured the beating, the emperors handed her over to a governor, ordering that she should be convinced to offer sacrifice or otherwise be killed. The governor prepared a tribunal next to the Romanus Portus before the forum and offered wealth to Bonosa in exchange of her offering sacrifice. She refused, contrasting worldly goods and heavenly inheritance. The governor ordered her to be tortured on a rack. The next day the governor sentenced to death those who had been baptised. The governor ordered his attendants to beat Bonosa with leaden scourges (plumbatae). Then he ordered her sides to be burnt but Bonosa told him that she did not fear tortures. The governor ordered her to be further tortured on a rack. However,as she does not yield, he sends her to prison. The next day the governor ordered a tribunal to be prepared in the forum of the city and Bonosa to be brought to him. Again he summoned Bonosa to sacrifice but she rejected the gods as demons. The governor threatened her with death. As Bonosa still refused, he ordered her to be beheaded. She was brought outside the gates of the city and beheaded on the Ides of July [= 15 July]. The same year the emperor who had arrested her was killed by a disease in the town of York (Eboracum oppidum).

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