FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Are those words from your recipe book again? And anyways, does anyone know roughly how many times decimation has been used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 No the recipe book is not guilty its an aside I noticed in "Rubicon". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sextus Roscius Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 And anyways, does anyone know roughly how many times decimation has been used? Sorry, I don't have a estimate. I feel sorry for any slave subjected to be a witness, the only way they were allowed to obtain information was through some of these methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Attested incidents of Roman decimation in the Republic and early empire... 471 BC - the war with the Volsci under Appius Claudius - Livy History of Rome 2, 59 71 BC - Crassus during the revolt of Spartacus - well attested by Plutarch and others 48 BC - Caesar's 10th - Dio Cassius describes the drawing of lots in book 41 chapter 35, though other evidence suggests this as a pre-arranged execution of the mutinous leaders rather than a strict decimation by definition. 37? BC - Marcus Antonius during his Parthia campaign - Dio Cassius XLIX, 27 37 or 36 BC? - Augustus or Agrippa in the Dalmatian campaign - Dio Cassius XLIX, 38 17 or 18 AD - Legio III Augusta during the war with Tacfarinas in Africa - Suetonius Life of Augustus 24, Tacitus Annals III, 21 69 AD - Galba during the Year of the Four Emperors - Tacitus Histories 1, 37, Suetonius: Galba 12 Feel free to add the Imperial period... notable incidents off the top of my head would be Maximian and the Theban legion circa AD 286. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sextus Roscius Posted November 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Thank you for that P.P. Wasn't another punishment simply being starved to death as with who ever tiberius's second heir was besides Caligula who was starved to death under the imperial palace, its rumoured that on the last few days before he died he was forced to eat his mattress stuffing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Attested incidents of Roman decimation in the Republic and early empire... 471 BC - the war with the Volsci under Appius Claudius - Livy History of Rome 2, 59 71 BC - Crassus during the revolt of Spartacus - well attested by Plutarch and others 48 BC - Caesar's 10th - Dio Cassius describes the drawing of lots in book 41 chapter 35, though other evidence suggests this as a pre-arranged execution of the mutinous leaders rather than a strict decimation by definition. 37? BC - Marcus Antonius during his Parthia campaign - Dio Cassius XLIX, 27 37 or 36 BC? - Augustus or Agrippa in the Dalmatian campaign - Dio Cassius XLIX, 38 17 or 18 AD - Legio III Augusta during the war with Tacfarinas in Africa - Suetonius Life of Augustus 24, Tacitus Annals III, 21 69 AD - Galba during the Year of the Four Emperors - Tacitus Histories 1, 37, Suetonius: Galba 12 Feel free to add the Imperial period... notable incidents off the top of my head would be Maximian and the Theban legion circa AD 286. Thank you Primus for answering my question. Starvation aye, thats really another horrible way to go since your body is pretty much feeding on itself to stay alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sextus Roscius Posted November 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Like the worm eating its own tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 48 BC - Caesar's 10th The 10th legion? Hmm, i always thought that it was the ninth legion that mutinied, that's what it said in Colleen McCullough's "Caesar".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Was the Legio IV even with Caesar during that period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeius magnus Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 No Mccullough says tenth, and it was the correct one I believe. The worst punnishment for me if I lived in Rome, would have been exile, forced to leave my beloved city, unless an exile was to Athens, or a nice beachy community, then I might not be so depressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilcar Barca Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Didn't Caesar once amputate the hands of all the warriors of an entire tribe in Gaul as a warning or lesson to other rebels ? It was a very harsh punishment and I'm wondering if any of you know the exact details of this particularly heinous act from the great general which would be classified as a 'military tactic' by historians. He did this to the Townsfolk of Uxellodunum in 51BC after they refused to surrender to him and the town had to be carried by force (with reasonable diffuculty). This was to create a physical advertisement as to why you shouldn't oppose Caesar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Not also to mention that Caesar enslaved a whole tribe and let his men loose on the booty quite a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorius Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 My topic seems to have grown since I last stoped in. This is most likely a over exageration, but I beleive that one of the worst punishments would have been one of Nero's concerts. He forced people to stay, if they left then the guards would kill them. It is rumoured that some people actually faked Dieing so that they could be released from the concert. Pretty lousy musician anyways, But not all who own a musical instrument are musicians. P.S. Can't resist to use a quote when i can It is also rumoured that people would jump off the Amphitheatre falling to their deaths to avoid his music. Also heard that women would give birth during the concerts as they were not allowed to leave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 LOL I can't imagine that anyone would be THAT bad...except for maybe my singing lol. BTW what instrument did he play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorius Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 LOL I can't imagine that anyone would be THAT bad...except for maybe my singing lol. BTW what instrument did he play? i believe it was the Lyre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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