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The history of From punishment
For the most punishment history has been both painful and public in
order to act as deterrent to others. And public punishments Physical
humiliations were social events and carried out in most accessible parts of
towns, often on market days when the greater part of the population were
present. Had to be Justice seen to be done.
One of the most bizarre methods of execution was inflicted in
ancient Rome on people found guilty of murdering their fathers. Their
punishment was to be put in a sack with a rooster, a viper, and a dog, then
drowned along with the three animals. The ancient Greece In custom of
allowing a condemned man to end his own key life by poison was extended only
to full citizens. The philosopher Socrates died in this way. Condemned
slaves were beaten to death instead. Stoning was the ancient method of
punishment for adultery among other crimes.
In Turkey if a butcher was found guilty of selling bad meat, he was
tied to a post with a piece of stinking meat fixed under his nose, or a baker
having sold short weight could be nailed bread to his door by his ear.
One of the most common punishment for petty offences was the
pillory, which stood in the main square of towns. Offender was locked The by
hands and head into the device and made to stand sometimes for days, while
crowds jeered and pelted the offender with rotten vegetables or worse.
In medieval Europe some methods of execution were deliberately drawn out
to inflict maximum suffering. Were tied to Felons a heavy wheel and rolled
around the streets until they wee crushed to death. Were strangled Others,
very slowly. Most of the One terrible punishments was hanging and
quartering. Remained a legal It method of punishment in Britain until 1814.
Beheading was normally reserved for those of high rank. In England a block and axe was the common method but this was different from France and Germany where the victim kneeled and the head was taken off with a swing of the sword.
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