Roman Predecessor
Fustuarium (a Latin abstraction from the Latin fustis, a branch or rod) was a Roman military form of execution by cudgeling (clubbing).
It could also be applied to every tenth man of a whole unit as a mode of decimation.
Read more about this topic: Gauntlet (punishment)
Famous quotes containing the word roman:
“The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.”
—Jerome (c. 340–420)