Ariadne was a slave woman to a certain Tertullus in
Prymnessus when by an alleged edict of
Hadrian and
Antoninus,
Christianity was outlawed. When she refused to partake in the pagan rituals on the birthday of Tertullus's son, she was punished and her case became known to the provincial governor Gordios. Both she and Tertullus were convened before a tribunal where Tertullus was acquitted while she was condemned to be crucified. The people of Prymnessus intervened on her behalf to give her three days of repentance in which she then escaped the
Roman authorities, fleeing into the nearby mountains where she was saved from her pursuers by being swallowed up by the earth. ==Sources==