A monk named Telemachus lived a quiet life but his death at the end of the fourth century changed the world Visiting Rome from the East Telemachus intervened in the blood sport of the gladiatorial arena He jumped over the stadium wall and tried to stop the gladiators from killing each other But the outraged crowd stoned the monk to death The emperor Honorius however was moved by Telemachus rsquo act and decreed the end of the -year practice of gladiator games When Paul calls Jesus ldquo our peace rdquo he refers to the end of hostility between Jews and [... more]