Crucifixion, mastication, precipitation, burning alive; four punishments; at centre, crucifixion; at right, mastication by wild beasts, a man bound to a post and mauled by two lions; at left, precipitation or throwing headlong, soldiers pushing others off a cliff; beyond at left an encampment with a man being burned at the stake; illustration to john beaver, 'the roman military punishments' (london, 1725), ch. 6, p. 64. Etching. Date: 1725. Dimensions: Height: 46 mm; Width: 76 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Beaver. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM Cc,1.51)
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