Bizarre punishments from Ancient Rome (Part three)

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[@timesnewlogan2032]

The Praetorian Guard had two jobs: 1. Protect the emperor 2. Kill the emperor

[@doucefrance5481]

So who kill the guard?

[@proboanimations3767]

Emperor: let me eat cereal *puts milk first* Praetorian: NOOO 🔪

[@J.T.7]

They technically had more power than the emperor, they descided who was the emperor and when his time was over. And of course it depended a lot on if you paid them enough.

[@doucefrance5481]

@@J.T.7 What about Julius Cesar? Was he most powerful?

[@jerrylim6722]

Emperor: so yeah, here's your pay check for this month *hands a deed worth 10 grand from the treasury* Guard: *begins to pull knife out* Emperor: *frantically scribbles an extra 0 to make it 100 grand* Guard: *sheathes his knife*

[@CyberAesthetic]

“He survived that fall? It must be a sign from the gods.. that he hasn’t suffered enough”

[@Polo_or_bowlyz_alt]

Dang blud needs to suffer extra

[@malcontender6319]

Actually laughed there. Well done.

[@ltgaming8510]

im adding a dog monkey snake and rooster into my fortnite squad

[@qzuq]

Oop

[@kenya1067]

😭😭

[@SponkThe1st]

“One of the most lethal occupations in history” I think we’re gonna need to add being a Boeing whistleblower to that list now.

[@Muyuyu439]

Damn bro

[@benonaru]

shut up and who cares

[@chriss2452]

How so? Who died telling on Boeing?

[@SponkThe1st]

@@chriss2452 Joshua Dean and John Barnett, both died pretty mysterious deaths right before they could testify against Boeing.

[@RobbyHouseIV]

Stick a fork in those Boeing jokes. They're getting old.

[@IamKnucks]

Never underestimate a human's capacity for cruelty.

[@alceusrydan6237]

Pisses me off when someone says they’re like animals. When humans are way worse than animals. Humans are the kind to create fucked up tortures to prolong pain and suffering as long as possible.

[@samuelkings9416]

@@drelocs2878 you just capping bro

[@randomchocolateenjoyer5393]

​@@drelocs2878I'm sure you scream if a butterfly gets too close.

[@PersimmonHurmo]

​@@samuelkings9416look at these people

[@PersimmonHurmo]

​@@randomchocolateenjoyer5393whining

[@dfscsccxdf793]

The thing about Roman emperors is that if your personal guard doesn't like you, they can just kill you.

[@trancendental5373]

The importance of the Praetorian guard is overstated in pop culture.

[@wombatZ]

@@trancendental5373May you elaborate?

[@ngle4246]

@@trancendental5373 Explain.

[@bobdylan6454]

So they’re like the Sith in Starwars?

[@A85-o2x]

With that logic any personal gaurd could kill their leaders, most just fear the consequences

[@andrewpotts]

Animals: So what are you in for. Guy: I killed my father. You? Animals: We have no idea.

[@xktwnxl4zlx213]

😊😊

[@WorldCupWillie]

Actually, all those animals had also murdered a family member.

[@rexluminus9867]

Great comments!🎉😂❤😅

[@RadenWA]

This is the start of a Disney Movie where the guy befriend the animals and go on an adventure to save themselves, clear himself of the conviction and discover the real murderer!

[@ryv2484]

“-But we are pretty pissed about it”

[@Earl_of_Sandwich]

Videogames make you violent -our parents "The world before video games"

[@asassynation9955]

I’, going to use this one on my Husband - he insists video games will corrupt our Son!

[@sweeptheleg.]

Not the world, just Rome.

[@Skibb-kn6lj]

@@sweeptheleg. Saying that like we don't have a wealth of history all over the world of human savagery is probably the most 70 IQ thing i've read all day.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@sweeptheleg. Oh... You are in line for some shocking breaking of previously held illusions.

[@carrie00]

@@sweeptheleg.you haven’t watched literally any of this channel’s other videos yet?

[@marcelinepink]

Imagine drowning while a bunch of random animals are deperately violent while trying to escape as well. What a nightmare.

[@Kai0nTheMoon]

Especially for the animals, since they have no idea what's even going on. Shame how thousands of years later, humans still treat animals like expendable shit.

[@EmoLover43]

​@@Kai0nTheMoon Oh no 😢😢😢😢

[@chloetv1]

Crazy that they would involve and drown poor animals in this punishment.

[@Texaslife98]

@@chloetv1They literally skinned people alive and flayed people open, forcing them on racks where their body was ripped apart - yet the thing that surprises you is “animals being thrown in a sack”?? If they do the most gruesome things to people why would they spare animals?

[@Kai0nTheMoon]

@@Texaslife98 Because animals are purely innocent. They were innocent back then and the still are today, and yet billions of animals are being skinned, boiled and electrocuted alive still to this day so selfish people can eat their flesh. Seems that someone caring about the welfare of animals has triggered you. You think that an innocent dog who has committed no crime and has done nothing wrong deserves to be treated like the most vile human criminals? That makes zero sense.

[@HahaideYo]

"When in Rome, leave Rome" - ancient times wisest man

[@richmondvand147]

".. but first sack rome then leave" - other wise men from northern europe

[@michaelzheng8108]

​@@richmondvand147ez because every road leads to Rome. -someone

[@houser2094]

Sun Tzu said that or gahdhi or einsiten or something I keep forgetting

[@torsbror1414]

@@houser2094it was Jesus

[@pesto841]

​​@@michaelzheng8108 "My balls itch" -Me

[@angelopacana7912]

I like the killing emperors thing. Like an imperial state member approached you implying "youre not doing a very good job these days" and taunts you with a knife.

[@someone-wh2rb]

Hed probably get executed for it. The plots were usually very secretive and most of the time didnt go to plan because the people taking power didnt have the confidence to go through

[@saxonflynn8885]

That is what America had in mind but with guns im pretty sure

[@pashakdescilly7517]

Not a very good idea, considering that a Roman Emperor could kill anyone at will by giving an order.

[@macstrong1284]

Yeah but even if you were a “good emperor” you sometimes still weren’t spared the dagger

[@not_hAck3r]

​​@@saxonflynn8885 sadly JFK is the one who died this way instead of George W. Bush

[@julianvdr8808]

Fun fact: The cliff that traitors were thrown off of was called the Tarpeian Rock, named after Tarpeia. She was a woman who betrayed Rome by secretly letting enemy soldiers inside the city. In turn, Tarpeia would receive whatever the soldiers were wearing on their left arm, expecting to get expensive jewelleries and the like. Instead, the soldiers threw all their shields on top of her and crushed her to death, after which her body was thrown off the hill they were standing on. This place became the Tarpeian rock where all traitors would be executed.

[@amynazza]

Well that was a bad trade by her! Too bad she couldn’t see it coming.

[@suhnih4076]

Lol

[@Dtitilator]

women...

[@carbonatedmayo]

"That's it. Get in the sack."

[@wmd13194]

"You have vexed me for far too long Maximus!"😂😂😂😂

[@puddin9079]

@@wmd13194 He yelled, into the sandy wind. His face scrunched, and expression mixed of annoyance and anger.

[@ldg-ville1097]

DEMETRIUS!! Fetch me a dog monkey snake and rooster 😂

[@acizxs]

​@@wmd13194wdym also my new is maximus corlenone

[@Rainy_Day_Daydream]

“No, no, please not the sack! I’m sorry!!”

[@terrenusvitae]

Funny thing is, you often got the exact same punishment for being a good emperor.

[@harrabi15]

yeah, it's basically what happens following a successful coup, and coups were very frequent in Ancient Rome

[@bricknolty5478]

@@harrabi15 It's honestly astounding how long they managed to keep things going. I don't know if there were any peaceful transfers of power

[@metroidhunter965]

I mean, at least they had an effective way of enforcing term limits in that regard

[@KitariItsSomethingRottenHere]

*They just liked to kill people, we get it.*

[@Jono_93]

​@@metroidhunter965 It certainly was effective.😂💀

[@kingfrvryt]

They were so nice to give her some bread and water before suffocating 💀💀💀

[@mandles]

😭😭😂

[@DarkSol16]

To be fair, death from hunger and thirst is painful. Suffocation due to lack of fresh air is slowly losing consciousness and never waking up again.

[@TraceguyRune]

@@DarkSol16 Do you not understand? It takes 3 days to die of thirst, 3 weeks to die of hunger, and 3 minutes to die of suffocation.

[@JeTeLBaka]

​@TraceguyRune you are so understanding and wise.

[@erizamisorafujoshi7002]

​@@DarkSol16I also think that it's not that bad like this... And I have the horrible fear from being burried alive 😅😅😅 (I want my family to burn my corpse to not risk this)

[@liamsagucio61]

“The most feared death in the empire” Crucifixion: “Holy my cross”

[@6jpsalmsB-ne5jy]

Jesus: hold my body and blood (bread and wine)

[@Machoman50ta]

@@6jpsalmsB-ne5jyyour life is the way it is because of your disrespect to god I never met you but know you are miserable side note and question about the sack what if you killed a family member with the method of the sack what would the punishment be then ?

[@shivadizayin]

I don’t get it

[@GogglesOstrich]

​@6jpsalmsB-ne5jy As a remembrance of his body that He gave up and His blood that was spilt so that we could be saved ❤✝️

[@johannsanchocuevas7854]

​@@GogglesOstrichTell that to the unlucky souls of some Romans

[@WillieTaggett]

"You're next in line to rule Rome as Caesar.." "Nah, I'm good bro"

[@PraiseTheLordyourGodJesus]

😢😢Ephesians‬ ‭6:10‭-‬18‬ ‭Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless.😊😊😊😊

[@giancarloferrara1583]

Na you can……….just don’t be shit at it

[@madors8279]

​@@giancarloferrara1583 you could be a good emperor but they would still kill you. The standards were very different to refer someone as a "good leader" if you didn't kill enough people you weren't a good leader. It's actually better not to become a emperor

[@ViolettaD1485]

Didn't work for Claudius.

[@J_L_A]

😂😂

[@caravanlifenz]

Back in those days, people were killed even if they didn't do anything wrong. Socrates famously continued to lecture his students as he died, which just shows how he accepted that people were unfairly sentenced to death and there was nothing he could do.

[@LondonBikerReal]

I also heard he was the most annoying man for his times xD

[@Sworder.Zaciano]

"There is nothing we can do..."

[@coweatsman]

Socrates was convicted by a jury of 500. 500? That's one hell of a large jury but that's how Greek justice rolled.

[@coweatsman]

@@LondonBikerReal Held a mirror to people's shallow opinions. It's one thing for someone to tell you that you're a fool and another for someone not to tell that you that you are a fool but to let you realise it yourself.

[@newmeta2668]

Not just "back in those days". People are still being wrongfully sentenced to death.

[@derekfuqua1254]

As Romes newest emperor. I declare every dagger be smelted down.

[@cross-eyedhollow]

The people will make one big dagger to do the job!

[@Belisarius536]

your private trainer can just strangle you in the bath instead

[@derekfuqua1254]

@@cross-eyedhollow So technically a sword or greatsword. Putting me with the few and maybe a quicker death.

[@cross-eyedhollow]

@@derekfuqua1254 No its a BIG DAGGER

[@Chamac0n]

You would have gotten executed like those 30 who tried 😂

[@R1CK4STL3YGAMING]

"If you killed a member of your own family, you would be given the death sentence" Romulus, founder of the roman empire, who killed his brother, Remus:

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

I mean, he killed his brother, not his dad

[@Someoneyou_usedtoknow]

​@@NiCoNiCoNiCola He was still a member of his family...

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

@@Someoneyou_usedtoknow and? Still doesn't fall under patricide rules

[@Someoneyou_usedtoknow]

@@NiCoNiCoNiCola I feel like that's a bit of a lie seeing as how you kill a "family member" you get punished with patricide seeing as how he's his brother. Yeah it falls under the patricide rules because he is literally his brother and if you listen closely it states "If you killed a member of your family, you would be given the death sentence." So I think it does fall under patricide.

[@xilencered7788]

Patricide is dad, but the video said family, confusing viewers who don't know what patri is

[@ladamsr9288]

The creativity of the old punishments is amazing

[@everettwhite9874]

Read the History of Torture for more gruesome deaths and punishments.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I read the Thieves' World books a couple decades ago, and they contained a particularly evil punishment. The guilty person would be staked to the ground with their lower back over one end of a badger's burrow and the other entrance(s) would have smoke injected into them.

[@graciegjj]

I wonder if they were as creative with pleasure and sexual pleasure?

[@chiefbig]

The punishment of Treason is, to me, weirdly fascinating: Bring people to the top of the mountain that overlooks Rome. "Magnus. Do you witness the Glory?" "I do." "Remember what you witnessed, Magnus. Rome and her Glory will remain Eternal. As for you, you will die in front of this Glory."

[@EthanBeattie-wh4zx]

The way the video phrased it, I thought it was going to be something like 'If you survived the fall, the city judged you as innocent/pardoned,' but no, just a couple of guys sitting at the bottom to kick your head in.

[@nicholashodges201]

That was the kind of the point. Also so symbolically speaking it was so all of Rome could watch. They'd have done it on TV if they had it then

[@pollos-hermanos]

"Are you alive, magnus?" "Yeah." "Not for long beat his head in boys"

[@chiefbig]

@@pollos-hermanos lmao

[@ana419]

Very poetic.

[@sroy7982]

"You are sacked" - my Roman boss

[@wolvie1618]

"You're telling me I'm fired?" Boss: *starts pulling out random animals* "not exactly..."

[@nikkired5584]

O dang I wonder if that’s where that expression comes from! - Looked it up.. unfortunately it’s not.

[@isthatujeebus]

@@nikkired5584 Saved me a trip to google. Thx.

[@Im.definitely.not.cool-]

@@nikkired5584where does it come from

[@nikkired5584]

@@Im.definitely.not.cool- Before the Industrial Revolution - when men, women and even children flocked to the factories to make a living - it was far more common for workers to travel from job to job. Rather than joining a team, tradesmen, craftsmen and labourers would move around on their own, carrying their own tools and supplies, and find work where they could get it. The easiest way to lug their tools around was in a sack, which they would then leave with their employer for safe keeping. The origin of the phrase, therefore, starts to become clear. With no job security, contracts or trade unions, workers could be discharged at a moment’s notice. Once their services were no longer required, they were literally given their sack, before being ordered to pack it up and leave. (Sorry it’s kinda long i copy pasted the answer. 🙂)

[@randy_hato]

love how they gave the PERSON BEING BURRIED ALIVE some bread and water so they dont die from starvation and ONLY die from suffocation. somehow very kind and very cruel at the same time

[@goeticfolklore]

It’s to absolve them of guilt, man cannot kill a vestal virgin.

[@phillyleotardo4343]

yo heres some bread bro

[@stevenschnepp576]

And a lamp, to make sure the good air got used up quickly. As ancient punishments go, that was probably one of the least cruel.

[@user-ht145efg]

They would only die of suffocation anyway it takes 3 minutes

[@victordeluca7360]

@@user-ht145efg Worst 3 minutes of all time I will take the cliff, thank you very much

[@Eustasio-g3r]

DAM BOY NOT EVEN THE EMPEROR'S GOT AWAY 💀

[@danielleboon1543]

Don’t forget that whole “human candle” thing Nero was so fond of

[@oscarchoy9469]

Which I might add probably is untrue

[@cboase]

It wasnt untrue. He burnt the Christians :] just a heads up. Although i believe danielle has read a bit of rick riordian and thats the source of his info :]

[@danielleboon1543]

@@oscarchoy9469 idk, I’d believe it. For one, that’s exactly how sadistic he was. It’s not like burning is any worse than eaten by dogs or crucifixion. This is exactly the type of thing he would do. It likely would have felt very appropriate after he blamed them for the great fire, it’s very eye for an eye. But secondly, there’s historical references not only saying he did do it, but also outlining how he did it. Tacitus is a well regarded historian who lived fairly soon after (close enough to get first hand accounts). If he believed it, that’s a pretty good source

[@oscarchoy9469]

@@danielleboon1543 I think you forgot that most of the sources we know about him are written by the senators who despised him and the Christians who he did persecute but most likely not to the same extent as presented not to mention he did not start the great fire of Rome he was not even at Rome at the moment

[@TheRealNormanBates]

I think they call those "Roman candles"

[@HelloPooter]

"It's so weird. No one wants to step up to be emperor." Marcellus cleaning his dagger: "Yeah, what's up with that??"

[@Imstraightbutalsokindagay]

LAMO THIS DESERVES MORE LIKES

[@Megumiw-1t]

​@@Imstraightbutalsokindagayno it doesnt

[@Megumiw-1t]

Cringe Kid

[@GhostMiami]

​@@Megumiw-1tAngry for no reason 💀

[@HelloPooter]

​@@Megumiw-1t So you got upset at a joke that isn't directed at you, came into the replies, replied to people who liked it and then made a seperate comment to call it cringe. Sounds pretty cringe to me, lil bro 😬

[@rahcollier7006]

The treason punishment has an elegance to it. "Look upon the land and the lives you turned your back on. Now the land itself will end your life and failing that, the people will finish the job."

[@hanifnurudin5397]

its has cool deeper meaning

[@maurogonzalez2999]

Hello

[@erigee7580]

Well said!

[@robertnett9793]

I think kicking someone down the highest elevation of the land was still quite popular for treason into the middle ages. Read some historical novel, where the local noble had to execute a traitor, but in lieu of some cliff or quarry, he had to kick him off the donjon in front of his castle... and quite a mess was made direct in front of the door...

[@pauldailey2102]

indeed

[@AfterburnerAv]

*that one man who landed on the people taking no damage but instead, killed the people waiting at the bottom*

[@JimRichardHartmann]

Reminder to self: Do not apply for that emperor position!

[@OilRig-1]

I think you’ll be fine as long as your in a union ^^^ hope this helped

[@daffydaggers3156]

Here that, donald?!?🤣

[@EricLatios]

The emperor with no clothes

[@AAARREUUUGHHHH]

@@OilRig-1 Lmao. Only the union is the Praetorian Guard and they're the ones who'll end up killing you!

[@pluckybellhop66]

I have no will to live, I will take it

[@arsenj_i]

"Timothy, you haven't been a very good emperor for the past few months. You know what happens now."

[@Zahra7505]

Nooo! Timothy!

[@competitivevirginity]

SH$T BRO

[@dawsiful]

Timothy?!

[@jeepeedurocher]

“Those damn barbarians and their savagery!” Meanwhile romans:

[@ordennuevo469]

Well Romans were pretty savage and barbaric that’s why they were so succesful.

[@zk9889]

Well..the term barbarians is Greek. For Greeks even Romans were Barbarians..

[@Trissana281]

Hey, make the punishment terrible and people will behave..or make good show. I applaud this system, except for those innocent animals put into sacks. In my country the daily expenses on prisoners are more than what baby gets from state, so...yeah, human rights to humans, the murdering stealing raping rest can have bread and water in coffin under ground.

[@maxfraxx3349]

​@@Trissana281uhhh the woman in the ground simply lost her virginity and thats it, so she was killed... your brain half on?

[@snowlynx1585]

@@Trissana281 You are laughably ignorant of how the real world works

[@adhyayanchoudha1055]

I never knew i needed the sentence “the penalty of the sack” in my life until now

[@joshdavis3743]

Four animals, one sack.

[@hcn6708]

The irony is that your father could kill you with 0 repercussions

[@THEDEEDSMAN]

That changed when rome became christianized. Filicide and infanticide is illegal according to the Bible

[@jmurray1110]

Depends on the chapter

[@nigaer4360]

in islam it's still like this if your father kills you he's not punished😂😂😂😂no wonder muslims are all aholes

[@weldonwin]

Tossing live babies down the sewer was just considered family planning in Rome

[@goyonman9655]

​@@jmurray1110 In which chapter is Infanticide reccomended

[@DrWongburger]

Being thrown from the Tarpeian Rock is an incredibly significant method of execution. The symbolism of being found guilty of treason. The last thing you see before you die, is beloved Rome.

[@jeanneganrude8549]

Really interesting additional knowledge as to why that form of execution was especially heartbreaking 💔 Thanks for a little more insight~

[@Im.definitely.not.cool-]

@@jeanneganrude8549it’s heart breaking because when you fall your heart shatters in 2 from the extreme vibrations of you hitting the ground.

[@oliverpearson1577]

If I had a buck for every time someone said something was 'significant'. Sigh.

[@satoru7869]

I like the way he says all of this so calmly 💀

[@MsK4YY]

RIP to those animals that was randomly thrown in a sack and didnt know what was going on and why.

[@zoyadulzura7490]

RIP to them and to everyone else so brutally killed.

[@barneyboyle6933]

For the human: this is a cartoonishly severe punishment meant to maximize suffering as retribution for wrongdoing. For the animals: sorry it’s nothing personal

[@pieexpo140]

The animals also murdered their relatives

[@Alyssaa3461]

I feel so sad for the animals :(

[@andrewkirkley2439]

Basically vegan teacher

[@greedyanimal3148]

"You killed your own family!! Punish them!" Romulus: *looks around nervously*

[@farhadmahfuz5857]

*SWEATS INTENSLY 😂

[@greedyanimal3148]

@@farhadmahfuz5857 XDDD

[@Chadifer784]

Your pfp used to be my wallpaper.

[@jeffmiller8197]

I've never heard of this Remus you speak of no idea who that is 😅

[@sandunderman_is_taken_damnit]

@@jeffmiller8197Romulus, (alleged) founder of Rome, according to the myth he killed his brother during a fight

[@ShogunRyuusha]

That one dog in the sack: "I will never shit on the floor again if you get me out of here, man."

[@talkingweevil3172]

They add the animals Because then you have no way of floating on the top cause they will be clawing and freaking out

[@richmondvand147]

and because they're freaking out you're being killed by a thousand cuts aka painfully - the water is just to make sure you and the animals dont survive@@talkingweevil3172

[@ShogunRyuusha]

That's a neat reason then. But still.@@talkingweevil3172

[@Toilet_Face]

"Left to be devoured by a pack of hungry lions." Me: Daniel? Daniel?! DANIEL AND THE LIONS DEN?!!

[@TheRealestBubby]

My toxic trait is thinking I could fight my way out of the sack

[@JimiMagnificent]

You probably could if your hands aren't tied and you smuggled a piece of metal to cut the leather. The real problem is whether the snake is venomous

[@Oooo-pe6jq]

Ngl that is a wildly toxic trait bro how can u look at that and think anything but a horrific death haha

[@vera_light]

Why are you toxic then? Sorry impulsive thoughts came through

[@JimiMagnificent]

@@Oooo-pe6jq the instinct of self-preservation isn't toxic

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

​@@JimiMagnificentmaybe the monkey will get the snake first before turning on you

[@JustaCherry477]

"My brother tried to kill me so i defended myself!" "Too bad! Get in the sack!"

[@Iamsus_dude]

😂

[@jimohabdulqudus4283]

😂😂😂

[@ElRodriPR]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@otee4teen541]

😂

[@JoshPlayer]

LMAOOO W

[@refumei7847]

They just put a bunch of random animals in and called it a punishment Edit: wtf why this blow up

[@Polska_Edits]

They fight wildly inside of the sack, so it's not too plesent

[@Dead25m]

Also you're gonna drown

[@holidayhouse03]

Today they just fire you from your job.

[@ska4dragons]

The dog bites, the snake is likely venomous, the rooster stabs you with its spurs, and the monkey rips your hair, extremities, and grabbable skin off with its hands.

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

​@@ska4dragons or all five unwilling participants drown and the exercise of throwing animals in the bag is as pointless as it is sadistic

[@ajente2o254]

Nah bro they gave you bread and water, they wanted to make sure you died of suffocation and ONLY suffocation 💀

[@calisthenicaksh-27]

those animals in sack: what the f we did?

[@injanammanchey8748]

No animal rights for them, I guess.

[@FREE.PALESTINE1948.]

Freedom of speech was there.....

[@FREE.PALESTINE1948.]

Freeeeewwwdoooom

[@doriangrey4647]

Those animals also killed they own fathers

[@calisthenicaksh-27]

@@injanammanchey8748 yeah😂

[@erorr.sanitynotavailable6937]

Ok, stop me if you’re heard this one. “A dog, a monkey, a snake, a rooster, and a human walk into a sack….”

[@keshariacharya6941]

Nope nope nope Pls No People that don’t know We need more ppl like u

[@itssofia67]

⁠h

[@cloudi_ko]

I genuinely don't get it

[@itookapillinibiza1209]

I don't get it?

[@VinetusYT]

Bro 💀

[@lolno4384]

Fun fact: the majority of the 23 stab wounds on julius' Caesars body were from writing styluses, that's why it took so many blows for him to go down

[@StonedtotheBones13]

I'm impressed they were sharp enough to work in that case tbh

[@armaggedon390]

Looks like the pen really is mightier.

[@dosidicusgigas1376]

​@@armaggedon390When the pen becomes the sword

[@trueaussie9230]

​@@armaggedon390 TWENTY THREE wounds were from writing implements. If the pen really WERE mightier, how many wounds from a sword would be required?! Logic. 😉😊

[@spartacus2650]

He was also a strong man for leader standards. He lived and fought with his men in battle and lived like his soldiers did for most of his service. His battle against the gauls for example when his forces were losing he charged alone ahead of his men and started slaying as many gauls as he could. Though those daggers were shit, but Cesar was tough which must have been horrifyingly painful to be stabbed like that with the final being a heart stab.

[@ape652_]

The sack is terrifying when u hit the water and all of u fight for life against eachother

[@FishKepr]

That woman buried alive looks like she’s thinking, “It was worth it.”

[@goldngamer1365]

"10/10 Worth the death, would try again if I could"

[@jin_cotl]

@@goldngamer1365💀

[@zecharhiacsaszar3076]

Only an American woman would have those thoughts. Yall are the absolute worst.

[@nunyabiznes33]

"I may be underground rn but I got the vitamin D"

[@catherinevaz6139]

She's definitely reliving it :)

[@Merk-Legend]

What’s so bad about the sack isn’t the drowning it’s being ripped apart and the sheer chaos inside the sack that you have to endure

[@ZackHammer04]

I bet it was diabolical in that sack

[@superterrificmarijuanahapp4312]

Talk about your ULTIMATE FIGHTER

[@drelocs2878]

I’d eat every animal in that sack. I’m different though 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@ZackHammer04]

@@drelocs2878 there wouldn’t be much time before there was no oxygen in that sack lol

[@KFLY007]

​@@drelocs2878noway man 😂 the animals will eat you

[@leewightman8619]

The buried alive one is the scariest for me

[@iwillnotcomplyistandformyf6642]

I have horrible fears of that 😢😭

[@neverthesame7887]

me too--but at least i'll have some yummy bread to eat first

[@FirstNameLastname-nv2kg]

@@neverthesame7887 But the carbs😭

[@wendyfay16]

@@iwillnotcomplyistandformyf6642 Thet's why they began putting bells on a string in coffins, so that if you were still alive, you could pull on the string & they'd hear the bell ringing, hence ... 'saved by the bell' ... They employed night-watchmen at the cemeteries.

[@iwillnotcomplyistandformyf6642]

@@neverthesame7887 😋😋😋😋

[@prayansh_s._sengar]

I like the fact that how europeans always called themselves more civilised than other civilisations but had the most bizzare uncivilised death penalties

[@DukeOnkled]

Finally, a history-related channel that ISN'T just an auto-generated AI get-rich scheme.

[@brixan...]

There are a lot of history KZbin channels that aren't AI... They've been here a while. ToldInStone, Invicta, Voices of the Past, NORTH02, and more

[@DukeOnkled]

@@brixan... They are VASTLY outnumbered by the "CRAZY FACTS ABOUT HISTORY" AI channels.

[@iconica9516]

maybe if you got off the shorts for once man youre addicted

[@brixan...]

@@DukeOnkled Maybe recently on KZbin Shorts? I was confused you said "Finally," because for years we've had Stefan Milo, Lindybeige, Thucydides, PBS Eons? Idk if you just mean human history, or general history

[@rat._crustzz]

“Wow!! What a nice view of the cit-“ “AAAGGGGHHHHH-“

[@antopot]

"and... there is nothing I can do"

[@shivering_suslord]

I read this in Wilhelm scream 😂😂😂

[@horrordisneygal1172]

Why did I read this in Mufasa voice

[@Player-pj9kt]

**dream on by Aerosmith plays in background**

[@glockenspiel-ti1ms]

They were actually pushed off the tarpeian rock(thats what its called)called like that because of Tarpeia in the creation of rome who was the daughter of the king of a nighbouring city, during the rapt of the sabines where the romans in need of women to procreate kidnapped lots of sabine girls and of other cities. She hated He romans and specifically Romulus the founder and king of Rome. So she betrayed them and collaborated with the city of which her father tarpeius was king and there was a battle. The romans won it and Romulus found out about her betrayal and threw her off a cliff. This is why its called the Tarpeian rock

[@mohammadalnoor6115]

Just found out the entirety of Shakespeares “Julius Caesar” was basically just another day at the office

[@Im.definitely.not.cool-]

“ahh, what a great day. The Roman emperor getting stabbed 17 consecutive times with a dirty stone knife, and I can finally enjoy a nice plate of cake.”

[@niquel5831]

@@Im.definitely.not.cool- Julius Caesar was never an emperor. It wasn't an empire yet.

[@Im.definitely.not.cool-]

@@niquel5831 let me enjoy making the joke

[@drfarrin]

Lol, not even. Caesar was the OG. The man crossed the Rubicon and set the standard for getting assassinated.

[@liberaltears1714]

@@drfarrinhe was a great man, expanded Rome and tried to save the decaying republic from a corrupt ineffective aristocracy that it became. Even showed mercy to the senators who assassinated him when he easily could’ve had his armies kill those cowards multiple times. All because they feared he would become a king and that they would lose their power. But alas they martyred him, a civil breaks out and Rome gets an emperor.

[@mr.smileykid]

“It’s those goddamn video games!” Meanwhile Ancient people:

[@acuothacuoth502]

Romans; PEOPLE WHO KILL BROTHERS ARE MONSTERS Romulus: 👁️👄👁️ Edit: PLZ STOP LIKING 10K IS ENOUGH

[@thevillager8339]

Your honour. My client pleads oopsie-daisy

[@badart3204]

Nah, brothers are fine it’s the fathers you cannot touch

[@Scarletraven87]

Romulus did a 'Merica. He murdered for a mere trespassing.

[@imaginehavingpfp5779]

Fun fact: the romans actually thought of that so they made up a rule that if you crossed the pomerium you were sentenced to death, making romulus' killing of his bro legal

[@michellejohnson3181]

@@thevillager8339q

[@walterknobloch3022]

"You're Christian!?... That's illegal!" "What will happen to me?" "You can get eaten my lions in front of hundreds of people..."

[@Caffeinated_Coffee]

Good job at describing

[@Golden_Girl7123]

Interesting to note the images of christ during those times were of Borgia. Was being a Christian a form.of treason ?

[@kaimobley5324]

​@@Golden_Girl7123the Bible talks about this

[@Caffeinated_Coffee]

@@Golden_Girl7123 yeah, because it didn’t follow the way of the Romans.

[@phantomspaceman]

I hear sometimes they tied people to two sticks and left them outside.

[@TheGreyPeregrine]

If you don't get stabbed by your guards then you get poisoned by your wife.

[@Belisarius536]

Or strangled by your private trainer. 😂

[@targetedindividual8940]

Or the Senate 🤓lol

[@cam5816]

You can never trust a hoe 😤 even back then 🤣

[@itnotmeitu3896]

Or die laughing at your silly little donkey joke

[@loljoker-up4bk]

Aggrapina

[@UndercoverNormie]

"Emperor, you are charged with the crime of being shit. How do you plead?" "Not guil-" _[stabbing sounds]_

[@thesunshines9293]

that lamp sure make the process faster💀

[@robertnett9793]

I'm not sure if the depiction of the small grave chamber is correct. I think to remember that it actually was more of a smallish room - think more of an air tight prison cell instead of a grave. Depending on its size it might take a time until the oxygene is depleted.

[@Sennaxm71]

@@robertnett9793 and the lamp that is burning the oxygen in the room will make it faster.

[@robertnett9793]

@@Sennaxm71 True true - as said, it depends on how large the room was. But trie as long as it wasn't really big, chances are good, you'd die of asphyxiation long before hunger / thirst sets in...

[@victordeluca7360]

@@robertnett9793 Slow death by asphyxiation sure is one of the most horrifying ways to go Like, imagine they make it last days somehow

[@AdaezeAgbasi-rg3uw]

Roman Emperors always live in fear and paranoia because the people who are protecting them can also be the ones to end them. That's how Emperor Caligula died.

[@yuriakina660]

"5, being a s*** emperor" GOT ME DYING AND IDK WHY 😭

[@poloska9471]

Probably because it’s relatable to your current situation

[@nikkijones4231]

Maybe you were a s*** emperor

[@QuackersMcCrackers]

It got them dying too xD

[@jessicadiaz8075]

Where did they come up with so many ugly ways to end a person's life?

[@iceman-cn5xx]

Blood really said “put him in there with 1/4 of the OTHER zodiac”

[@yuryur4176]

1/3

[@iceman-cn5xx]

@@yuryur4176 my bad, I didn’t even see I hit the 4 and not the 3, but since I did everyone must see what a dumbass I am 😂

[@yuryur4176]

@@iceman-cn5xx its ok...I was drunk.....jk

[@FattyLumpOfPoo]

why u spelt blud like that you are not english cuz

[@imperium35769]

Fun fact: they would sometimes even kill good emperors if they felt like it

[@XanaxMilf]

Why the fuck were people in the past so inhumanely BRUTAL with their punishment.v mainly because most of these are torture related.

[@peteryeeterson5766]

@@XanaxMilf Because they didn’t have any type of rules keeping them from doing such things. Morality as we currently know it is very much a modern invention created by abundance. Food, water, shelter, and transportation have always been commodities, and only recently have they been considered fundamental human rights.

[@sasuke-mn5os]

​​@@peteryeeterson5766 Smart

[@mewhenthethewhen4079]

​@@peteryeeterson5766they still aren't considered human rights by an oddly significant amount of people...

[@0326Vet]

​@@XanaxMilfmost atheists and modern liberals alike try and bury this fact but christianity shaped the western values and the meaning of society and ethics, the last europeans to adopt christianity was the Norse and they was obviously savages during their viking age, christianity turned them around and now the norse are generally considered amongst the nicest most hospitable people in the world

[@turboduckhead6179]

If only our politicians were held to the same standards

[@abacab87]

Trump would be the first to have to walk the plank for treason.

[@davidswanson5669]

Surely many ancient people were wrongly convicted and sentenced to such punishments. You can imagine men and woman, being falsely accused of any number of things, just because they got on the wrong side of someone. Unfortunately there was not a presumption of innocence among the lower classes and/or during much of the timeline of the empire. Today people want to return to that same barbaric timeline, and get upset when cops aren’t given more power, or when courts are bent towards defendants, or when states get rid of cash bail.

[@joshsire2373]

Yeah we’d be in a much better place. Never give the power to someone who wants nothing else but power. That’s why we’re getting fckd. You have to be a sociopath early on to believe you have the shoulders to run a country. Sometime the best choice for a leader is the guy who absolutely DONT want to be in charge.

[@BenjaminWalburn]

They are though. Look what happens when our politicians do something good for the people.

[@realninja3713]

How come these methods didn't help Rome's politician? 😂

[@Monitor_Head]

I can literally imagine a movie about a man being with dog monkey sanke and rooster in a bag working together escaping rome

[@BoogiesBoys_1]

"How did the lions not eat you!?" Dr. Dolittle: "Well you see-"

[@Reneebell614]

This deserves more likes 😂👌

[@MarthaStone-n2z]

Dr Dolittle: I can talk to them; Everyone else: WHAT?

[@pfranks75]

The lions were starved before the games so they would kill their victims.

[@HoboTango]

@@pfranks75…

[@falcoperegrinus3712]

"they said they weren't feeling the vibe, your grace"

[@amberv9424]

Damn, what did the dog, monkey, snake and rooster do to deserve the sack with them? 😂

[@dsandoval9396]

Honestly sounds like a Jackass stunt. 😂😂😂

[@berdwatcher5125]

they killed thier family members

[@coruscaregames]

​@@dsandoval9396not really, there weren't any donkeys

[@AJPemberton]

They were barbaric in their treatment of humans. Animals stood no chance.

[@wmd13194]

Fatal 5 way😂😂😂

[@marcusalt-kw3qs]

People has been real silent after daniel walked out of that lion torture

[@simplybribrii]

Good one😭😌

[@clown134]

is this one of those unproven Bible myths?

[@darkedo9783]

​@@clown134 well do you think this is short is a myth or is actually real that will give you an answer

[@mabyeweredogswoof2186]

​@darkedo9783 not sound logic whatsoever

[@Georg3e]

Good thing it never happened 😂

[@Mycoh]

Man I just love the animation which makes the topic more entertaining lol

[@paogougunchongloi6814]

ikr😂

[@RobloxMister1]

"You There! How'd you die?" "So i was placed in a sack-"

[@williamgass9242]

This one is untrue and fabricated by the video

[@weirdchickalert]

Sounds like Horrible Histories 😂

[@williamgass9242]

@@weirdchickalert the sack one is untrue

[@marigalante944]

@@williamgass9242 can you tell me more about this? More info plz

[@williamgass9242]

@@marigalante944 About what? The guy made it up for the video.

[@neliaferreira9983]

I love it when people say that THE WORLD IS GETTING WORSE.

[@goodasgoing]

I know right???? Rome had nothing on the middle ages... i won't even go into it. This channel should, probably, make a video.

[@peternorton5648]

In some ways it is but the past was extremely barbaric, wasn’t it?

[@goodasgoing]

Yes, barbaric is putting it mildly. Fall of the Roman empire was a dark time. I might not be rich but I live in western civilization with good sanitation, in relative safety.

[@bufficliff8978]

They mean it's getting worse than when they were young, which it is. They're not comparing 2023 USA to 100BC Rome

[@ThePunkina1]

As we all know if things were bad back then no one can complain about the wrongs that are happening now

[@AcmeMonkeyCompany]

"What are the four funniest animals we can put in the bag?"

[@chezblurger]

"making the Roman emperors the most lethal occupation in history" Suicide bombers:👁️ 👄 👁️

[@Pomeranc470]

Blud fr censored the word "suicide" 💀

[@Cross_SansX]

​​​@@Pomeranc470he didnt

[@Blanka767]

​@@Pomeranc470stop lying, he didn't

[@Pomeranc470]

@@Blanka767 if you had eyes, you'd see that the comment says "edited"

[@fr0sty790]

*bomb duds* " Well statistically i shouldve been a roman emperor

[@satsuthek]

The human capacity for the most hideous cruelties is limitless.

[@zoyadulzura7490]

The human imagination is grand. We as a species have the choice to use that capacity to improve society, or to use it to create needless suffering and consequent entropy. I would love to see humans' collective intellect and compassion rise us above acts like we've seen in this video.

[@jimohabdulqudus4283]

​@@zoyadulzura7490it's a choice... You can be cruel or not cruel....No amount of intellect is removing that choice factor

[@John76125]

@@jimohabdulqudus4283its emotions sometimes not just intellect

[@Waterlily760]

“The heart of man is desperately wicked, who can know it?”

[@williamgass9242]

This video isn't accurate

[@GarbageTank777]

"I was born in the wrong generation" yeah sure bro

[@Minos_Prime_First]

"One of the most lethal occupations in history" Kamikazes:

[@jasonpasanen7029]

bro really said "THIS IS SPARTA!" on that 2nd punishment

[@featboysan373]

More like "This is ROME" :D

[@Kenny_._McCormick_._]

Sparta was a part of ancient Greece 😭😭

[@KingArthurWs]

Fun fact about the treason punishment: Roman mytho-history says that when Rome was being attacked by the Sabines after stealing all their women to start the settlement, a woman named Tarpeia, who was a vestal virgin and daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, who was commander of the Roman citadel, let the Sabines into the city in exchange for "what they wore on their left arms", expecting their jewelry. Instead, they threw their shields upon her and crushed her, before throwing her body off of that cliff, which was from then on known as the Tarpeian rock, and used to execute those convicted of treason. If you are a student and find this stuff interesting, consider taking Latin!

[@John76125]

Why would learn latin. A dead language. If italy decides to replace italian with the nicer sounding language of latin. I would consider it lol.

[@AMIGOCHAVEZ]

​@@John76125🤦‍♂️

[@denkisupremacy]

I take Latin and im currently studying the Aeneid for literature... the part where Aeneas recaps the end of the Trojan War... like of all parts of that epic, you chose the most retold story for the curriculum? 😔

[@KingArthurWs]

@@denkisupremacy It's a shame you guys don't get to read through the whole thing. At my school, we will read the whole Aeneid in AP Latin and probably very little else.

[@richmondvand147]

or take university level roman history - Yale has lectures for free last i looked and are honestly fucking fascinating

[@thiscat9712]

romans: have creative punishments my ancestors that lived next to them: s t o n e

[@renanmelo790]

The level of cruelty that the human kind can achieve is surreal..

[@WilliamHaisch]

Me talking to a dog, monkey, snake, and rooster in the sack: “So what are you in for?” 😂

[@williamgass9242]

This one is made up

[@khoya]

"First time?"

[@mysticallymerry5523]

😂😂😂

[@edvinparmeza1298]

"The punishment for sh*t emperor would be execution by a dagger" Bro did Julius Caesar dirty

[@Mad_Catter_]

Caesar's greatest general loved kids. A lot. A lot a lot. And Caesar knew all the details.

[@--alvie---3000]

"Rome was not built in a day " Gives me a whole different meaning now ..

[@kayleedavis659]

“Hey dude, you wanna hangout?” “Nah man, I can’t, I gotta go spend some time in a sack with some animals”

[@reezdog]

Love the stabbing animation 😅 🔪

[@myamdane6895]

Found the praetorian guard

[@482darkknight]

Reminiscent of Monty Python. 🎉

[@nekkoskrilla6750]

The added sound effects had me 😂😂

[@cheffboilrt]

Congratulations you're just like your ancestors.

[@lodielieb8482]

Death sentence today: Is it immoral? Death sentence in Ancient Rome: *YES*

[@Togi_fushiguro]

One must imagine sisyphus happy

[@kingol4801]

Because back then punishment was misplaced. What happens when slave (worse than life sentence) commits an evil act? How can you punish them? Because the prospect of life sentence back then was better than lives of the vast majority of people…. So, these barbaric punishments were designed not to enforce some morals, but rather to act as deterrence for the slaves to act out. Likewise, in medical times, witch hunts were invented to avoid consequences when raping somebody. A wealthy guy hits on a girl. The girl has no choice, and either has to be raped, or else the guy proclaims her to be a witch and she just… dies. Most of these punishments don’t exist because of some misplaced notion of morality - they exist at the very absence of it. Back then people could not care less about morality (at worst it was a mere afterthought and at best it was “following god’s will”), and would do anything to achieve their goals (easy workforce due to slaves, easy concubines due to inferior women). In modernity, when society exists in a semblance of order, morality has a much greater weight. It is not absolute, and atrocities or unjust laws still happen, but statistically less frequently). So, the lesson is that during the underdeveloped times, the focus was on coerced control and value they could obtain as a result of such control…. Not on some intrinsic value of human life. Humans back then were essentially objects/tools.

[@benyseus6325]

This is why it was so revolutionary when the Americans added “nor shall impose cruel or unusual punishment” to their constitution.

[@Theaeroportunderwater]

the english banned it first, the 1689 bill of rights, beholden to every commonwealth nation

[@robinharwood5044]

@@Theaeroportunderwater Yes, but you know it only matters when Americans do it.

[@katebriggs3330]

cruel AND unusual punishment. A punishment can be cruel or it can be unusual, but it cannot be both

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@katebriggs3330 Why not?

[@LuluDumpling]

​@@robinharwood5044They didn't even "do" it just ink on paper

[@ReanetseMokhejane]

"But don't worry,if you survive there's men waiting to finish the job"💀 Bruh,whyyy😩😩🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

Not every emperor who was assassinated because he was a bad emperor. There were often much more selfish reasons for this.

[@nukesomething5518]

majority of the time it was because they were good emperors funnily enough

[@itstimeforafuckingcrusade]

My poor Aurelian

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

@@itstimeforafuckingcrusade For example.

[@doteleven5890]

@@jensphiliphohmann1876Majorian too.

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

@@doteleven5890 Of course. He is actually my hero of the Western Roman empire. ❤🖖🎶

[@ModelK-8904]

"When in Rome, go back home" - MF DOOM

[@anthonygregory6797]

You forgot to mention the fact the Roman's used Christians as fire wood to keep their fires going at the games. Lions were not the only animals they were forced to face unarmed either. The Roman's were some sick people.

[@silverassassin1120]

for the vestal virgins - technically they weren’t allowed to kill them because of their status so they would lock them away with all the things they technically needed to live for a bit and then would come back later hoping they had died

[@superspies32]

But the one who related to their violation of the vow got decapitated and their head be dragged through the street of Rome.

[@hopex9729]

“Unless you were a samurai”

[@shadymasterj4448]

?

[@dfaveteranofsui-cultist3596]

​@@shadymasterj4448it's a joke from this channel about how samurai can get away from punishment just because being a samurai.

[@LuisCasstle]

Back when emperors were held liable, today government representatives can be corrupt, inept, or both and still keep their jobs.

[@Dominicus13]

Not their fault the people aren’t doing their job

[@richmondvand147]

or are simply gunned down by a nutter with a home made shotgun RIP Abe

[@YokaiX]

Seems like part of the job description more and more

[@quacklesuh]

and their lives.

[@Aro9313]

Last time the people held politicians accountable they sentenced them to prison and virtue signaled about it in perpetuity.

[@hankhammer869]

This only skims the surface.

[@Lxwwi]

"if you survived the fall dont worry" You totally wouldn't get beaten up to death my two men

[@jerrys1]

It’s like Midsommar

[@MonographicSingleheaded]

One during nearly every Emperor's life: "Huney pass me the toast... h-honey, put the knife away please. Honey? Honey! Aaaaa!" 😂😂😂

[@richmondvand147]

I get you stabbing me honey but why the gardener, or the stable boy, my best man, the chef, that kid I met in the scholium and the dog? *dies*

[@MonographicSingleheaded]

@@richmondvand147 why Santa ? ....

[@joker35871]

The most likely murderer were actually the bodyguards, the praetorian guard killed 13 emperors

[@I_AM_HYDRAA]

I love how specific christian women is

[@kgagagagamer6984]

Luckily I'm not a woman in ancient Rome 😬

[@tugalord]

Then Rome converted to Christ.

[@Performance_Enhancing_Pancakes]

Rome isn't Christian

[@NoNameforreal]

Luckily im a man

[@Ham-ra]

Its bullshit. Christians were NEVER fed to lions in Ancient Rome. Most of this list is bullshit