Crushing (execution)
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Death by crushing or pressing is a method of execution that has a history during which the techniques used varied greatly from place to place, generally involving placing heavy weights upon a person w
Louis Rousselet described this Central Indian execution in Le Tour du Monde in 1868.
Giles Corey was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s.
Tarpeia
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In Roman legend, Tarpeia, daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius, was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines at the time of their women's abduction for what she thought
Crushing (execution)
…for over 4,000 years was crushing by elephants. The Sasanians, Romans, and Carthaginians also used this method on occasion. In ancient Roman legend, Tarpeia was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines in exchange for what she thought would be a reward of jewellery. She was instead crushed…
Reverse of a denarius (89 BCE) depicting the torture of Tarpeia
Reverse of a denarius (19-18 BCE) of Augustus showing Tarpeia crushed by the soldiers' shields
Soldiers attacking Tarpeia, on a fragmentary relief from the frieze of the Basilica Aemilia (1st century CE)