Today if someone has to be given death penalty, there is a provision for hanging. But in history, hanging was not the only means of giving death penalty. Today we are going to tell you about a method which is said to be one of the most cruel methods of giving death penalty in history.
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In history, such methods were adopted to punish criminals that your soul would tremble after hearing about them. One such punishment was to put it in the stomach of a bull and burn it with fire. In fact, when a criminal had to be given a very cruel punishment, he was put in the stomach of a bull made of bronze and locked. After this a fire was set under it. As the temperature of the bull increased, the person inside it would start screaming and eventually die a painful death. It was a slow and cruel process of death.
What was the name of this device
The name of this cruel death device was Brazen Bull. It was used in ancient Greece around the sixth century BC. This bull had a pipe attached to its nose and was completely hollow from inside. When this punishment was given to someone, his scream was heard far and wide.
The one who did it died
It is said that this was done in Athens. It was built by K Perilaus and when he went to show it to Phalaris, the dictator of his Sicilian kingdom Akragas, Phalaris said that first you go inside it and tell him how it works. As soon as Perilous went inside this bull, it was set on fire from below. After a while Perilous started screaming from inside. When he was taken out, he was badly burnt, but was still alive. But instead of treating him, that dictator threw him down the hill due to which he died.
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