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They were persecuted in other smaller amphitheater’s all over Roman Empire in 2nd and 3rd centuries.
Here is just one example – near Lyons, France
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Amphiteatre_Trois_Gaules_Lyon.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_in_Lyon
two books fyi https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062104551/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300154658/
There are many academic reviews that refute Candida Moss’ book. She exaggerates the exaggerations, but she does not refute the historical core and reality of the confirmed persecutions.
https://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/9158_10095.pdf
and this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1328589285/
If there was a shortage Islam is certainly doing its best to make up for it in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Or since its inception as a religion.