“Upon entering the city, Telemachus was pushed along by the crowds into the Colosseum where gladiatorial contests were being held to celebrate the recent victory over the Gauls.”
While I totally agree with the point of the article, this “LT COL” is historically ignorant.
The Gauls ceased to exist post Julius Caesar’s victory over their tribes in 51 BC.
Perhaps he meant Franks? Or Alemanni?
Well it helped me to do research about this saint. His feast day is on New Year’s Day. I think it was said he died in the year 401 AD. What was the surprised me was that there were still those types of fights in the Colosseum going on. I thought that they went away once the Roman Empire accepted Christianity.