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Figures, Roman torture methods by Joanne Ward

Reference number: CLP/16/45/2

Date: 1729

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Two engraved figures, labelled A and B, showing two forms of imposing torture or capital punishment. Figure A shows the equuleo or equuleus method of torture in which the torture victim is stretched over the back of a horse on a rack. Figure B shows a method of crucifixion in which the torture victim is raised off the ground by the armpits on a U-shaped hook.

Subject: History

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'De eqvvleo'

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CLP/16/45/2
Earliest possible date
1729
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Printed

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Figures, Roman torture methods by Joanne Ward, 1729, CLP/16/45/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_16_45_2/figures-roman-torture-methods-by-joanne-ward, accessed on 15 October 2024

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