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QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Started conversation Jul 30, 2009
Now sticking with my big-cat theme of late;
Has a Christian ever been persecuted and fed to a lion? 
There are klaxons, naturally.
NO Googling or wikipedia.
Be bold; preferably interesting; never obvious.
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
HonestIago Posted Jul 30, 2009
No - the lions in the Roman arenas weren't as fearsome as their reputation would have. They were usually overfed and rather docile through interaction with their handlers.
Their human opponents on the other hand were desperate and in the fights between humans and lions, the humans would often win.
Romans got wise to this and, wanting entertainment, tended to put humans against each other and lions against other animals.
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 30, 2009
"No." 
-5
Your right about a Lion's general docility, expect when provoked,however....
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
KB Posted Jul 30, 2009
Now I'm not one to pick anyone apart for the slightest typo, but the phrase "A lion's docility, expect when provoked" could lead to some messy misunderstandings. 
I've a couple of ideas on this one, but I'm not coming down from the fence until I think a bit more about it. 
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 30, 2009
I have a dyslexic keyboard.
Glad to know this one has it's attendants and it's not all totally serene and silent.
See how many brave souls there are in the morning....
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 30, 2009
i read somewhere that the christians were so intent on turning the other cheek that they just stood there and did nothing to antagonize the lions so in the end they were hung about with raw meat and daubed with blood to try to get the lions to attack
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 30, 2009
Who's 'they'?
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 30, 2009
I meant - sorry - who was doing the hanging?
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jul 30, 2009
Klaxon him, whatever he says! 
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 30, 2009
the romans hung meat on the christians to encourage the lions to attack
when the lions pull off the meat the christians would panick and that would be enough to antagonize the lion into further violence
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 30, 2009
Hook, Line Sinker and Copy of Angling Times. 
"The Romans" Taff -5
Want to name any specific ones? - 'cos I've got some names we can check off my list, while we're here! 
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 30, 2009
post 2 mentioned the roman arenas, first mention of romans surely????
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 30, 2009
Iago got walloped for saying "No."
I figured someone else would come along with our Imperial friends soon enough and I was right.
Apt time for a clue, methinks...
I'll set this clue as a question.
How long ago do you think this was? Should help narrow down who might be involved.
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 30, 2009
first or second century AD before constantine became a christian
and the arenas were byzantine
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 30, 2009
Nope come forward a bit....
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 30, 2009
when the vandals took over rome and it was the pagan vandals persecuting the christians not the romans????
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 30, 2009
Intelligent but no.
A good deal more recent than that.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 30, 2009
is this an 'urban myth' invented by the victorains, as most of them seem to be
picked out of the pages of I Claudius for example???? and popularised in art and penny dreadfulls
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 30, 2009
"I Clavdivs?" as one S.Fry once put it.
We are making progress - more recent than the Victorians.
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QI - 'A tail of much woe'
- 1: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 2: HonestIago (Jul 30, 2009)
- 3: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 4: KB (Jul 30, 2009)
- 5: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 6: Taff Agent of kaos (Jul 30, 2009)
- 7: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 8: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 9: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jul 30, 2009)
- 10: Taff Agent of kaos (Jul 30, 2009)
- 11: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 12: Taff Agent of kaos (Jul 30, 2009)
- 13: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 14: Taff Agent of kaos (Jul 30, 2009)
- 15: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 16: Taff Agent of kaos (Jul 30, 2009)
- 17: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 18: Taff Agent of kaos (Jul 30, 2009)
- 19: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jul 30, 2009)
- 20: Taff Agent of kaos (Jul 30, 2009)
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