03-22-2017, 08:22 PM
(03-22-2017, 12:22 PM)tyketicus Wrote: molten gold poured down his throat and skinned alive... allegedly (large shovel full of salt required)
Wasn't it Crassus who (allegedly) got the molten gold treatment? There's another story, I think, that his severed head or skull was later used as a prop in a theatrical production...
Several 3rd century deaths:
The emperor Carus was killed in his tent while encamped with his army near Ctesiphon, supposedly by a bolt of lightning...
His son Numerian died during the return march, and his death was concealed for some time, until the stink of his decomposing corpse alerted everyone to his demise...
Gordian III died somehow - either killed in battle, as the Persians claimed, or by disease (or wounds?) as the Romans claimed.
And the mysterious 'Ballista' was apparently murdered in his tent by one of his own soldiers, possibly on the orders of either Gallienus or Odenathus. But since most of the information about him comes from the dubious Historia Augusta, even more salt should probably be applied...
Nathan Ross
