Worst Ancient Method of Execution:

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Yes, tasteless... for those of you who are even more tasteless and extrememy morbid, replace 'worst' with 'favorite'.


edit: Thousand Cuts is also known as "ling chi"

[asthmaticeog]

1. Seppuku is suicide, not execution.

/nitpick

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2. edit: actually...

when a condemned man was to be executed, he could keep some honor by doing seppuku onto himself instead of an executioner doing it for him, or some other method.

[Deja Q]

4. But if the Seppuku attempt failed, what would happen then?

O8)

[asthmaticeog]

5. One could choose exile instead of seppuku

and bring shame on one's family for generations.

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8. I believe the assistant was responsible for

cutting off the head after the stomach part.

[name not needed]

3. Iron Maiden

eech

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6. Wouldn't that fall under Impalement?

[vixengrl]

7. For sepukku, I guess you could say "disembowelling"--

but for my favorite, I say you can't beat a drawing and quartering, after which you can feel pretty sure: that fella ain't hurt, he's *dead*.

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9. I believe the executioners were paid for how long they

could keep the guy alive.

But in any event, its quite a little marathon

lets see:

Dragging by horseback. (to the place of execution)
Traditional Hanging (no drop), cut down.
Castratition.
Disembowelling: Heart, entrails, other organs, all to be burned.
(the goal was to keep him alive long enough to see the parts removed burned)
Decapitation.
Quartering the body (cut the remaining body into 4 pieces.)
Put on display.

[billie_]

10. I would say the "blood eagle" a Viking special! n/t

[Rowdyboy]

11. Boiling in oil must have been tough but I voted

drawing and quartering....The complete description is pretty grim

[billie_]

12. the rat cage thing would maybe be the worst...

they place a cage, with no bottom, on the bare abdomen of subject. Place rats in cage. Place hot coals on top of cage. The rats, seeking to escape the heat, burrow through the subject until free.

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13. kick