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Scourging........whip
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10-18-2013, 08:11 PM
Ligus,
Thanks for the further info. That sounds much more likely than a gladiator fight. The Roman commander, refusing to draw his sword on so ignoble an enemy, whacks him with a whip instead. It's a great symbolic gesture. Reminiscent of the first commander to go after Spartacus, who took along chains and neckrings for the slaves he was going to return to bondage. Didn't work out so well that time, though.
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Scourging........whip - by Doc - 10-17-2013, 04:12 AM
Scourging........whip - by Robert - 10-17-2013, 10:03 AM
Scourging........whip - by Epictetus - 10-17-2013, 10:38 AM
Scourging........whip - by Robert - 10-17-2013, 11:04 AM
Scourging........whip - by Epictetus - 10-17-2013, 01:09 PM
Scourging........whip - by Michael Kerr - 10-17-2013, 01:47 PM
Scourging........whip - by Flavivs Aetivs - 10-17-2013, 02:32 PM
Scourging........whip - by Flavivs Aetivs - 10-17-2013, 02:32 PM
Scourging........whip - by john m roberts - 10-17-2013, 04:00 PM
Scourging........whip - by M. Demetrius - 10-17-2013, 04:50 PM
Scourging........whip - by Ligus - 10-17-2013, 05:16 PM
Scourging........whip - by john m roberts - 10-17-2013, 08:39 PM
Scourging........whip - by Sempronius Densus - 10-17-2013, 09:01 PM
Scourging........whip - by M. Demetrius - 10-17-2013, 09:40 PM
Scourging........whip - by Doc - 10-18-2013, 03:13 AM
Scourging........whip - by john m roberts - 10-18-2013, 04:26 AM
Scourging........whip - by Ligus - 10-18-2013, 09:45 AM
Scourging........whip - by Epictetus - 10-18-2013, 10:15 AM
Scourging........whip - by john m roberts - 10-18-2013, 08:11 PM
Scourging........whip - by Flavivs Aetivs - 10-18-2013, 08:31 PM
Scourging........whip - by john m roberts - 10-18-2013, 11:56 PM
Scourging........whip - by Tim - 10-31-2013, 05:10 PM
Scourging........whip - by Athena Areias - 10-31-2013, 05:48 PM

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