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Dolphins and Anchors - Good Luck and Crucifixion

Many people are missing the significance of the Dolphin and Anchor motif that became a common Christian symbol. In my 2007 research, and in my books, Unkilling Jesus and The Mark of Titus , I discussed how this symbol had become associated with the Flavians because it had been an early family symbol connected to or borrowed from early Roman symbology. The fact that it appeared on Flavian era coins is proof that the Flavians saw it as central to their family. That the same symbol became associated with Christianity is a telltale clue to the fact that the original models for Christ were the two Flavian generals who tried to have themselves accepted as the Messiah of the Jews (Josephus was the first to recognize this). This was a propaganda ploy intended to tie the Flavian symbol with the effort to usurp Jewish prophesies. The Romans used similar symbology to create the symbol for the Roman Pax, the Roman peace, which attempted to associate Roman imagery with peace and other Roman value...