The Legend of Ashabana Pal

Syrian Kings love slaughtering big cats so much that their faults have gone extinct in parts of the Middle East as a result. Archaeological evidence also shows that lions were kept and displayed in ancient Macedonia. Romans collected big cats that duke it out in Rome's circus maximus, or even feed the Christians to them. The most interesting aspect to this was that the Christians who died in the Colceum wanted to die there as martyrs,. So kind of like an ancient suicide by cop, only taunts and ribbons instead of shot.