[nickcarraway]

They threw Christian and priests into the arena. So you are saying these priests got what they deserved? Since the reference is clearly to pre-Christian Rome, that’s what the reference suggests.

[Mastador1]

Is English your second language? Did you not actually read the comments or what? I suggest you actually read the comments word for word and if you still can't differentiate between thieves and Priests I can't help you. And the reference clearly suggests it was about thieves!

In ancient ROME, people who robbed temples were thrown to the wild beasts in the arena.

Or are you suggesting that in ancient Rome Priests robbed temples?

[Hegewisch Dupa]

he didn’t even speak of the food, but rather the eaters. It’s odd - in my perspective - how this is misread.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Under the old Imperial Roman system, temple robbers were thrown to wild beasts.

The priests were not temple robbers, and the early Christians suffered because they were robbing GLORY from the Emperor.