Worst Punishment of Them All
Punishments in ancient Rome were cruel and unusual, to say the least. Crucifixion was considered the ultimate punishment, but there was a far stranger method, reserved for those who committed parricide—the act of killing one’s parents or other close relatives.
[adinserter block=”10″]
It was called poena cullei, better known as “Punishment of the Sack”. The condemned individual would be placed in a sack with various animals, such as a snake, monkey, rooster, and dog, and then thrown into a body of water, where they would drown. Sounds nasty.
[adinserter block=”10″]
[adinserter block=”3″]
