Public Executions In The Arena

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YOUNG SLAVE GIRL CRUCIFIED AS PUNISHMENT FOR THE DEATH OF LUCIUS PEDANIUS SECUNDUS

Tacitus writes in his Annals that when Lucius Pedanius Secundus was murdered by a slave, some in the Senate tried to prevent the mass crucifixion of four hundred of his slaves because there were so many women and children, but in the end tradition prevailed and they were all executed.

 

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YOUNG SLAVE GIRL TORTURED TO DEATH FOR TRYING TO KILL ONE OF HER MASTER'S GUARDS

 

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YOUNG SLAVE GIRL TORTURED TO DEATH FOR TRYING TO KILL ONE OF HER MASTER'S GUARDS

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As Roman Senator Lucius Appuleius Saturninus watched the festivities in the Roman Arena, he shouted down from his privileged seating area, “Hold your arm steady there soldier! You’re getting dangerously close to that slave’s cunt.” Everyone in his entourage laughed heartily, none more so than Lucius himself.