In Galatians 6:17, Paul was not referring to physical marks but the scars from the persecutions ... my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me’” (Mathew 16:24).

Roman texts and artworks are full of depictions of gladiators, the men who fought each other or wild animals to entertain ...

Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct physical evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and fierce, wild animal.