gladiators

A Jewish gladiator in Roman Pompeii?

A helmet found in the ruins of the famous Roman city wiped out by a volcano eruption a few years after the destruction of Jerusalem depicts a palm tree, a symbol of Judea.

Were there Jewish gladiators in the Roman Empire?

A new scholarly article examines the historical evidence of Jewish participation in the gladiatorial arena.

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