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3 days ago · Among the many historical figures condemned to death by starvation, strangulation or beheading in the Mamertine Prison, several deserve to be mentioned: Jugurtha, king of Numidia, and Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix, both publicly executed by strangulation in 104 B.C. and 46 B.C., respectively.
2 days ago · After the defeat, Vercingetorix was brought to Rome and imprisoned for six years before being brought out to adorn Caesar's triumph over Gaul and then publicly executed. Today, Vercingetorix is seen in the same light as others who opposed Roman conquest; he is now considered a national hero in France and a model patriot.
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1 day ago · Assigned to assist Caesar, Antony returned to Gaul and commanded Caesar's cavalry during his victory at the Battle of Alesia against the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix. Following his year in office, Antony was made one of Caesar's legates and assigned command of two legions (approximately 7,500 total soldiers).
1 day ago · To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under King Edward III (1327–1377), although similar rituals are recorded during the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272). The convicted traitor was fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn behind a horse ...
5 days ago · At the end of World War 2, there were a series of executions inside of Budapest and one of the men executed was the Minister of the Interior Gabor Vajna.
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4 days ago · On Wednesday evening, the man who murdered Nancy Adleman on July 29, 1997, is set to die by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Her father and one of her two brothers...
5 days ago · Danzig harbour in flames after an attack by Allied bombers in World War II. Early in 1942 the RAF bomber command, headed by Sir Arthur Harris, began an intensification of the Allies’ growing strategic air offensive against Germany.
